BOUNCE

v. jump; skip; hop; make jump

n. hop, skip; boasting, bragging

Bounce may refer to:Deflection, particularly of a solid object striking a surface In entertainment:Bounce (film), a 2000 film starring Gwyneth PaltrowBounce (musical), a 2003 musical by Stephen Sondheim and John WeidmanBounce music, a style of hip hop music that originated in New OrleansBounce (album), a 2002 album by Bon Jovi"Bounce" (Bon Jovi song), a song from the album"Bounce" (song), a 2005 single by Turkish pop singer Tarkan"Bounce" (Sarah Connor song), a 2003 single by German artist Sarah ConnorBounce (band), a band from Tampa, FLA song by Timbaland from his 2007 album Timbaland Presents Shock ValueA song by System of a Down from their 2001 album ToxicityA song by Aaron Carter from his 2000 album Aaron's Party (Come Get It)A song by Katchafire from their 2003 album Revival
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Bounce is a musical by Stephen Sondheim with a libretto by John Weidman. It premiered in a workshop in 1999 under the title Wise Guys. Directed by Sam Mendes, it was produced at the New York Theatre Workshop starring Victor Garber and Nathan Lane. Harold Prince directed the musical when it premiered on June 20, 2003 at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago (interrupted by a lawsuit by Scott Rudin). The production also played at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. in the fall of 2003, but was never mounted in New York.  Richard Kind and Howard McGillin were featured as brothers Addison and Wilson Mizner, with Jane Powell, as the brothers' mother and Michele Pawk as a dance-hall girl.
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Noun
1. the quality of a substance that is able to rebound
(synonym) bounciness
(hypernym) elasticity, snap
(derivation) resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet
2. a light springing movement upwards or forwards
(synonym) leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound
(hypernym) jump, jumping
(hyponym) caper, capriole
3. rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)
(synonym) bouncing
(hypernym) recoil, repercussion, rebound, backlash
(derivation) jounce
Verb
1. spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
(synonym) resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet
(hypernym) jump, leap, bound, spring
(hyponym) kick back, recoil, kick
(derivation) bouncing
2. hit something so that it bounces; "bounce a ball"
(hypernym) hit
(hyponym) bounce out
(derivation) bounciness
3. move up and down repeatedly
(synonym) jounce
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(derivation) bouncing
4. come back after being refused; "the check bounced"
(antonym) clear
(hypernym) return, go back, get back, come back
5. leap suddenly; "He bounced to his feet"
(hypernym) jump, leap, bound, spring
6. refuse to accept and send back; "bounce a check"
(hypernym) refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline
7. eject from the premises; "The ex-boxer's job is to bounce people who want to enter this private club"
(hypernym) expel, eject, chuck out, exclude, throw out, kick out, turf out, boot out, turn out
(derivation) bouncer, chucker-out

(v. t.)
To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.
  

(v. t.)
To drive against anything suddenly and violently; to bump; to thump.
  

(v. t.)
To cause to bound or rebound; sometimes, to toss.
  

(v. t.)
To bully; to scold.
  

(v. i.)
To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly.
  

(v. i.)
To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound; as, she bounced into the room.
  

(v. i.)
To boast; to talk big; to bluster.
  

(n.)
Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.
  

(n.)
An explosion, or the noise of one.
  

(n.)
A sudden leap or bound; a rebound.
  

(n.)
A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
  

(n.)
A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus).
  

(adv.)
With a sudden leap; suddenly.
  

1. (Perhaps by analogy to a bouncing check) An electronic mail message that is undeliverable and returns an error notification (a "bounce message") to the sender is said to "bounce".
2. To play volleyball. The now-demolished D. C. Power Lab building used by the Stanford AI Lab in the 1970s had a volleyball court on the front lawn. From 5 PM to 7 PM was the scheduled maintenance time for the computer, so every afternoon at 5 would come over the intercom the cry: "Now hear this: bounce, bounce!", followed by Brian McCune loudly bouncing a volleyball on the floor outside the offices of known volleyballers.
3. To engage in sexual intercourse; probably 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.
4. To casually reboot a system in order to clear up a transient problem. Reported primarily among VMS users.
5. (VM/CMS programmers) Automatic warm-start of a computer 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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