bounce
- Verb. (intransitive) To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
- Verb. (intransitive) To move quickly up and then down, or vice versa, once or repeatedly.
- Verb. (transitive) To cause to move quickly up and then down, or vice versa, once or repeatedly.
- Verb. (intransitive, informal) To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.
- Verb. (transitive, informal) To fail to cover (gloss, have sufficient funds for) (a draft presented against one's account).
- Verb. (intransitive, slang) To leave.
- Verb. (intransitive, slang) (sometimes employing the preposition ''with'') To have sexual intercourse.
- Verb. (transitive, air combat) To attack unexpectedly.
- Verb. (intransitive, electronics) To turn power off and back on; to reset.
- Verb. (intransitive, Internet) To return undelivered.
- Verb. (intransitive, aviation) To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum.
- Noun. A change of direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
- Noun. A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
- Noun. An email return with any error.
- Noun. The sack, licensing.
- Noun. A bang, boom.
- Noun. A genre of New Orleans music.
- Noun. (slang, African American Vernacular English) Drugs..
- Noun. (slang, African American Vernacular English) Swagger..
- Noun. (slang, African American Vernacular English) A 'good' beat.
- Noun. (slang, African American Vernacular English) A talent for leaping..
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