Bounce , adv. With a sudden
leap; suddenly.
This impudent puppy comes bounce in upon me.
Bickerstaff.
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.
(Zoöl.) A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium
catulus).
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.
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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