bounce

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

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