v., bounced, bounc·ing, bounc·es.

v.intr.

1. To rebound after having struck an object or a surface.
2. To move jerkily; bump: The car bounced over the potholes.
3. To bound: children bouncing into the room.
4. To be sent back by a bank as valueless: a check that bounced.
5. Baseball. To hit a ground ball to an infielder: The batter bounced out to the shortstop.

v.tr.

1. To cause to strike an object or a surface and rebound: bounce a ball on the sidewalk.
2. To present or propose for comment or approval. Often used with off: bounced a few ideas off my boss.
3. Slang.
   1. To expel by force.
   2. To dismiss from employment. See synonyms at dismiss.
4. To write (a check) on an overdrawn bank account.

n.

1. A rebound.
2. A sudden bound, spring, or leap.
3. The capacity to rebound; spring: a ball with bounce.
4. Spirit; liveliness.
5. Slang. Expulsion; dismissal.
6. Chiefly British. Loud, arrogant speech; bluster.

phrasal verb:

bounce back

1. To recover quickly, as from a setback: The patient bounced back to good health.

[Probably from Middle English bounsen, to beat.]

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Return of a check by a bank because it is not payable, usually due to insufficient funds. In securities, the rejection and subsequent reclamation of a security because of bad delivery. Term also refers to a stock price's sudden decline and recovery; see Dead-Cat Bounce. Also return of a piece of E-Mail because it could not be delivered to the specified address.

A popular beverage in Colonial days, bounce is made by combining rum or brandy with fruit, sugar and spices and allowing the mixture to ferment for 1 to 3 weeks.

verb

1. To spring back after colliding with something: rebound. See approach/retreat, move/halt.
2. To move in a lively way: bound, jump, leap, spring. See move/halt.
3. To put out by force: bump, dismiss, eject, evict, expel, oust, throw out. Informal chuck. Slang boot, kick out. Idioms: give someone the boot, give someone theheave-hoold heave-ho, send packing, show someone the door, throw out on one's ear. See keep/release.
4. To end the employment or service of: cashier, discharge, dismiss, drop, release, terminate. Informal ax, fire, pink-slip. Slang boot, can, sack. Idioms: give someone his or her walking papers, give someone the ax, give someone the gate, give someone the pink slip, let go, show someone the door. See keep/release.

noun

1. A lively, emphatic, eager quality or manner: animation, brio, dash, élan, esprit, life, liveliness, pertness, sparkle, spirit, verve, vigor, vim, vivaciousness, vivacity, zip. Informal ginger, pep, peppiness. Slang oomph. See action/inaction.
2. An act of bouncing or a bouncing movement: bound, rebound. See approach/retreat, move/halt.
3. A sudden lively movement: bound, jump, leap, spring. See move/halt.
4. The quality or state of being flexible: ductility, elasticity, flexibility, flexibleness, give, malleability, malleableness, plasticity, pliability, pliableness, pliancy, pliantness, resilience, resiliency, spring, springiness, suppleness. Obsolete flexure. See flexible/rigid.
5. The ability to recover quickly from depression or discouragement: buoyancy, elasticity, resilience, resiliency. See ability/inability.
6. The act of ejecting or the state of being ejected: dismissal, ejection, ejectment, eviction, expulsion, ouster. Slang boot. See keep/release.
7. The act of dismissing or the condition of being dismissed from employment: discharge, dismissal, termination. Informal ax. Slang boot, sack. See keep/release.

Idioms beginning with bounce:
bounce back

See also get the ax (bounce); more bounce for the ounce; that's how the ball bounces.

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v

Definition: evict
Antonyms: allow, let in, permit

v

Definition: rebound
Antonyms: stay

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1. [common; perhaps by analogy to a bouncing check] An electronic mail message that is undeliverable and returns an error notification to the sender is said to bounce. See also bounce message.

2. To engage in sexual intercourse; prob.: from the expression ‘bouncing the mattress’, but influenced by Roo's psychosexually loaded “Try bouncing me, Tigger!” from the Winnie-the-Pooh books. Compare boink.

3. To casually reboot a system in order to clear up a transient problem (possibly editing a configuration file in the process, if it is one that is only re-read at boot time). Reported primarily among VMS and Unix users.

4. [VM/CMS programmers] Automatic warm-start of a machine after an error. “I logged on this morning and found it had bounced 7 times during the night”

6. [IBM] To power cycle a peripheral in order to reset it.

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IN BRIEF: Spring back.

The rubber ball bounced down the street.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - hoppe, springe, springe tilbage
v. tr. - presse, skynde på
n. - spring, hop

idioms:

• bounce back    vende tilbage, ramme sin ophavsmand

Nederlands (Dutch)
kaatsen, stuiteren, springen, ongedekt zijn (cheque), overreden, eruit trappen, ontslaan, stuit (van bal etc.), plotselinge sprong, levendigheid, ontslag

Français (French)
v. intr. - rebondir, bondir, sauter, se précipiter, être sans provision, être refusé pour non-provision (un chèque)
v. tr. - faire rebondir, flanquer à la porte (qn), refuser (un chèque)
n. - bond, rebond, élasticité, volume (des cheveux), (fig) dynamisme

idioms:

• bounce back    remonter, se remettre, faire un retour en force

Deutsch (German)
v. - prallen, springen, (ugs.) nicht gedeckt sein
n. - Aufprall, Schwung

idioms:

• bounce back    zurückprallen, sich erholen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αναπηδώ, κάνω γκελ, ορμώ, πετάγομαι, χοροπηδώ, (για επιταγή) στερούμαι αντικρίσματος, "χτυπάω", ξαποστέλνω, διώχνω με τις κλοτσιές, κομπάζω, καυχιέμαι
n. - αναπήδηση, γκελ, άλμα, πήδημα, ελαστικότητα, (μτφ.) κόρδωμα, ζωηράδα

idioms:

• bounce back    ανακτώ τις δυνάμεις μου, γίνομαι περδίκι

Italiano (Italian)
rimbalzare

idioms:

• bounce back    rimbalzare, riprendersi

Português (Portuguese)
v. - pular (como bola), fazer saltar, ir de encontro a
n. - salto (m), elasticidade (f)

idioms:

• bounce back    voltar à condição antiga (após insucesso)

Русский (Russian)
подпрыгивать, отскакивать

idioms:

• bounce back    быстро оправиться

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - botar, saltar, rebotar
v. tr. - botar, saltar, rebotar
n. - salto, rebote

idioms:

• bounce back    recuperarse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - studsa, hoppa, komma inrusande, skryta, avvisas, avskeda, läxa upp
n. - duns, stöt, slag, fart

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
反跳, 弹跳, 使跳回, 使撞击, 跳, 弹力, 跳跃

idioms:

• bounce back    反冲, 反射

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 反跳, 彈跳
v. tr. - 使跳回, 使撞擊
n. - 跳, 彈力, 跳躍

idioms:

• bounce back    反沖, 反射

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 튀다, 뛰어들다, 허풍치다
v. tr. - ~을 튀게 하다, ~을 해고하다, ~을 야단치다
n. - 튐, 탄력, 해고

idioms:

• bounce back    급속히 회복하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 弾む, バウンドする, 飛び上がる, 跳ね回る
n. - 跳ね返り, 活気

idioms:

• bounce back    すぐに立ち直る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) نطط, وثب, قفز (الاسم) حيويه, وثبه, نطه قفزة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮קפץ, קיפץ, זינק, ניענע, התפרץ, התנענע, התפאר, ניתז חזרה‬
v. tr. - ‮הקפיץ, שיכנע‬
n. - ‮ניתור, קפיצה, התרברבות, יהירות, שמחת-חיים‬

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bounce	Soft Bounce
Hard Bounce	bounce house