Definition of "bounce" []

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

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "bounce" in a sentence

"So, I think by stressing those, you have what we call a bounce or a pillar failure in there, and that is known to show up on seismographs."
"Report Abuse I couldn't tell you why since it's not based on anything but, somehow, I just knew the word "bounce" would be in a headline today."
"OIH - I will give this example for a group that has been crushed that could have a short term bounce but severely broken."

Words like "bounce"

bluster boast bounced bouncer bounces bouncing bound

brag bully bump decline elasticity go locomote

move pass up rebound refuse reject repercussion return

scold snap thump travel turndown