BOUNCES
Noun
bounces
plural of bounce
Verb
bounces
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bounce
Anagrams
• buncoes, subcone
Source: Wiktionary
BOUNCE
Bounce, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bounced; p. pr. & vb. n. Bouncing.] Etym:
[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.]
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, 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.)
Definition: A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus).
Bounce, adv.
Definition: With a sudden leap; suddenly.
This impudent puppy comes bounce in upon me. Bickerstaff.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition