Bounce

[imp. & p. p. BOUNCED (bounst); p. pr. & vb. n. BOUNCING.] [D. bonzen, to strike, throw, bounce, bons, blow, shock, bounce, L. Ger. bunsen, to knock or fall with a hollow noise, H. Ger. bumsen, to thump or fall upon something with a hollow noise, bums, interj. bounce! L. Lat. bombizāre, bumbisāre, to crackle, from Lat. bombus, Gr. βόμβος, a hollow, deep sound. See BOMB.]

1Sense 1. To leap or spring suddenly. “Out bounced the mastiff.” Swift. “Bounced off his arm-chair.” Thackeray.

2Sense 2. To beat or thump, so as to make a sudden noise.

Another bounced as hard as he could knock. Swift.

3Sense 3. To boast or bully. [Colloq.] Johnson.

4Sense 4. To be bold or strong. Shak.

1Sense 1. A sudden leap or bound.

2Sense 2. A heavy, sudden blow or thump.

The bounce burst open the door. Druden.

This with the loudest bounce me sore amazed. Gay.

3Sense 3. A boast; a threat. [Low.] Johnson.

4Sense 4. A bold lie; as, that was a bounce. Goldsmith.