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To Bounce

  1. (intransitive) To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
  2. (intransitive) To move quickly up and then down, or vice versa, once or repeatedly.
  3. (transitive) To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.
  4. (transitive, colloquial) To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) somebody, in order to gain feedback.
  5. (intransitive) To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.
  6. To move rapidly (between).
  7. (intransitive, informal, of a cheque/check) To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.
  8. (transitive, informal) To fail to cover (have sufficient funds for) (a draft presented against one's account).
  9. (intransitive, slang) To leave.
  10. (US, slang, dated) To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.
  11. (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) (sometimes employing the preposition with) To have sexual intercourse.
  12. (transitive, air combat) To attack unexpectedly
  13. (intransitive, electronics) To turn power off and back on; to reset
  14. (intransitive, Internet, of an e-mail message or address) To return undelivered.
  15. (intransitive, aviation) To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum.
  16. (intransitive, skydiving) To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results.
  17. (transitive, sound recording) To mix (two or more tracks of a multi-track audio tape recording) and record the result onto a single track, in order to free up tracks for further material to be added.
  18. (slang, archaic) To bully; to scold.
  19. (slang, archaic) To boast; to bluster.
  20. (archaic) To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; to knock loudly.
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