bounce (noun) /baʊns/
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A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.
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A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
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(Internet) An email that returns to the sender because of a delivery failure.
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The sack, dismissal.
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A bang, boom.
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Scyliorhinus canicula, a European dogfish.
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(uncountable) A genre of hip-hop music of New Orleans, characterized by often lewd call-and-response chants.
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(slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) Drugs.
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(slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) Swagger.
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(slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) A good beat in music.
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(slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) A talent for leaping.
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(politics, informal) An increase in popularity.
bounce (verb) /baʊns/
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(intransitive) To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
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(intransitive) To move quickly up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
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(transitive) To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.
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(transitive, colloquial) To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) someone, in order to gain feedback.
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(intransitive) To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.
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To move rapidly (between).
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(intransitive, informal, of a cheque/check) To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.
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(transitive, informal) To fail to cover (have sufficient funds for) (a draft presented against one's account).
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(intransitive, slang) To leave.
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(intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular, sometimes followed by with) To have sexual intercourse.
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(transitive, air combat) To attack unexpectedly.
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(intransitive, electronics) To turn power off and back on; to reset.
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(transitive, intransitive, Internet, of an e-mail message) To return undelivered.
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(intransitive, aviation) To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum.
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(intransitive, skydiving) To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results.
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(transitive, sound recording) To mix (two or more tracks of a multi-track audio tape recording) and record the result onto a single track, in order to free up tracks for further material to be added.