Bounce (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bounced (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Bouncing (#).] [OE. bunsen; cf. D. bonzen to strike, bounce, bons blow, LG. bunsen to knock; all prob. of imitative origin.]
1.
To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly.
Another bounces as hard as he can knock.
Swift.
Against his bosom bounced his heaving heart.
Dryden.
2.
To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound; as, she bounced into the room.
Out bounced the mastiff.
Swift.
Bounced off his arm+chair.
Thackeray.
3.
To boast; to talk big; to bluster.
[Obs.]
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Bounce, v. t.
1.
To drive against anything suddenly and violently; to bump; to thump.
Swift.
2.
To cause to bound or rebound; sometimes, to toss.
3.
To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.
[Collog. U. S.]
4.
To bully; to scold.
[Collog.]
J. Fletcher.
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Bounce (?), n.
1.
A sudden leap or bound; a rebound.
2.
A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
The bounce burst open the door.
Dryden.
3.
An explosion, or the noise of one.
[Obs.]
4.
Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.
Johnson. De Quincey.
5. Zool.
A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus).
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Bounce, adv.
With a sudden leap; suddenly.
This impudent puppy comes bounce in upon me.
Bickerstaff.
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