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bounce
bounce / bouns/ • v. [intr.] (of an object, esp. a ball) move quickly away from a surface after hitting it; rebound: the ball bounced off the rim [tr.] he was bouncing the ball against the wall. ∎ rebound repeatedly: the ball bounced away, and he chased it. ∎ (of light, sound, or an electronic signal) come into contact with an object or surface and be reflected: short sound waves bounce off even small objects. ∎ (of a thing) move up and down while remaining essentially in the same position: the gangplank bounced under his confident step. ∎ (of a person) jump repeatedly up and down, typically on something springy: bouncing up and down on the mattress. ∎ [tr.] cause (a child) to move lightly up and down on one's knee as a game: I remember how you used to bounce me on your knee. ∎ move in an energetic or happy manner: Linda bounced in through the open front door. ∎ (of a vehicle) move jerkily along a bumpy surface: the car bounced down the narrow track. ∎ (bounce back) fig. recover well after a setback: admired for his ability to bounce back from injury. ∎ Baseball hit a ball that bounces before reaching a fielder: bouncing out with the bases loaded [tr.] bounced a grounder to third. ∎ inf. (of a check) be returned by a bank when there are insufficient funds to meet it: my rent check bounced. ∎ [tr.] inf. write (a check) on insufficient funds. ∎ [tr.] inf. eject (a troublemaker) forcibly from a nightclub or similar establishment. • n. a rebound of a ball or other object: a bad bounce caused the ball to get away from the second baseman. ∎ an act of jumping or an instance of being moved up and down: every bounce of the truck brought them into fresh contact. ∎ a sudden rise in the level of something: economists agree that there could be a bounce in prices next year. ∎ exuberant self-confidence: the bounce was now back in Jenny's step. PHRASES: be bouncing off the walls inf. be full of nervous excitement or agitation. |
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"bounce." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "bounce." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-bounce.html "bounce." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-bounce.html |
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bounce When an EMAIL cannot be delivered an error message is sent to the sender which usually includes some or all of the message; the email is then said to have bounced. There are a number of reasons for bounces occurring, including hardware faults and the recipient's email account having been deleted.
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DARREL INCE. "bounce." A Dictionary of the Internet. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. DARREL INCE. "bounce." A Dictionary of the Internet. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O12-bounce.html DARREL INCE. "bounce." A Dictionary of the Internet. 2001. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O12-bounce.html |
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bounce First in the vb. (bunsen †beat, thump XIII); the application to loud explosive noise, blustering, and bounding like a ball appears in vb., sb., and int. in early XVI; poss. from LG., but perh. of independent imit. orig.
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T. F. HOAD. "bounce." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "bounce." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-bounce.html T. F. HOAD. "bounce." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-bounce.html |
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bounce Informal The return of an e-mail message to the original sender when it is not possible to deliver the message, usually because the name of the putative recipient of the e-mail is not known to the receiving system.
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JOHN DAINTITH. "bounce." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN DAINTITH. "bounce." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-bounce.html JOHN DAINTITH. "bounce." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-bounce.html |
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bounce
•askance, expanse, finance, Hans, Hanse, manse, nance, Penzance, Romance
•underpants • happenstance
•advance, Afrikaans, à outrance, chance, dance, enhance, entrance, faience, France, glance, lance, mischance, outdance, perchance, prance, Provence, stance, trance
•nuance • tap-dance • square dance
•freelance • convenance
•cense, commence, common sense, condense, dense, dispense, expense, fence, hence, Hortense, immense, offence (US offense), pence, prepense, pretence (US pretense), sense, spence, suspense, tense, thence, whence
•ring-fence • recompense
•frankincense
•chintz, convince, evince, Linz, mince, Port-au-Prince, prince, quince, rinse, since, Vince, wince
•province
•bonce, ensconce, nonce, ponce, response, sconce
•séance • pièce de résistance
•announce, bounce, denounce, flounce, fluid ounce, jounce, mispronounce, ounce, pounce, pronounce, renounce, trounce
•dunce, once
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"bounce." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "bounce." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-bounce.html "bounce." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-bounce.html |
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