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bounce
[ bouns ]
verb (used without object)
- to spring back from a surface in a lively manner:
The ball bounced off the wall.
- to strike the ground or other surface, and rebound:
The ball bounced once before he caught it.
- to move or walk in a lively, exuberant, or energetic manner:
She bounced into the room.
- to move along in a lively manner, repeatedly striking the surface below and rebounding:
The box bounced down the stairs.
- to move about or enter or leave noisily or angrily (followed by around, about, out, out of, into, etc.):
He bounced out of the room in a huff.
- (of a check or the like) to fail to be honored by the bank against which it was drawn, due to lack of sufficient funds.
verb (used with object)
- to cause to bound and rebound:
to bounce a ball; to bounce a child on one's knee; to bounce a signal off a satellite.
- to refuse payment on (a check) because of insufficient funds:
The bank bounced my rent check.
- to give (a bad check) as payment:
That's the first time anyone bounced a check on me.
- Slang. to eject, expel, or dismiss summarily or forcibly.
noun
- a bound or rebound:
to catch a ball on the first bounce.
- a sudden spring or leap:
In one bounce he was at the door.
- ability to rebound; resilience:
This tennis ball has no more bounce.
- vitality; energy; liveliness:
There is bounce in his step. This soda water has more bounce to it.
Synonyms: , , , , , ,
- the fluctuation in magnitude of target echoes on a radarscope.
- Slang. a dismissal, rejection, or expulsion:
He's gotten the bounce from three different jobs.
adverb
- with a bounce; suddenly.
verb phrase
- to recover quickly:
After losing the first game of the double-header, the team bounced back to win the second.
bounce
/ 产补蕣苍蝉 /
verb
- intr (of an elastic object, such as a ball) to rebound from an impact
- tr to cause (such an object) to hit a solid surface and spring back
- to rebound or cause to rebound repeatedly
- to move or cause to move suddenly, excitedly, or violently; spring
she bounced up from her chair
- slang.(of a bank) to send (a cheque) back or (of a cheque) to be sent back unredeemed because of lack of funds in the drawer's account
- (of an internet service provider) to send (an email message) back or (of an email message) to be sent back to the sender, for example because the recipient's email account is full
- slang.tr to force (a person) to leave (a place or job); throw out; eject
- tr to hustle (a person) into believing or doing something
noun
- the action of rebounding from an impact
- a leap; jump; bound
- the quality of being able to rebound; springiness
- informal.vitality; vigour; resilience
- swagger or impudence
- informal.a temporary increase or rise
- the bounceAustralian rules football the start of play at the beginning of each quarter or after a goal
- get the bounce or give the bounce informal.to dismiss or be dismissed from a job
- on the bounce informal.in succession; one after the other
they have lost nine 亚洲网紅露点 on the bounce
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 产辞耻苍肠别顎僡路产濒别 adjective
- 产辞耻苍肠别顎僡路产濒测 adverb
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of bounce1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of bounce1
Idioms and Phrases
- get the ax (bounce)
- more bounce for the ounce
- that's how the ball bounces
Example Sentences
Saracens hardly touched the ball until the eighth minute when Tom Willis went on a spectacular carry, bouncing off challenge after challenge before eventually losing the ball.
Joe鈥檚 inner monologue pipes up, excitedly stating, 鈥淚n the canon of epic romances, bouncing back from a gunpoint confessional is practically a genre staple.鈥
He鈥檇 bounced from Washington to Phoenix to Memphis in the early stages of his NBA career, but was now without consistent work.
Milroe believes one of his strengths is he spent his entire college career at Alabama, whereas many top-notch quarterbacks bounce from school to school these days.
For the Clarets it is an immediate bounce back, while the Whites took two years to secure their top-flight return.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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