bounce

Meanings

To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
To move quickly up and then down, or vice versa, once or repeatedly.
To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.
To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) somebody, in order to gain feedback.
To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.
To move rapidly (between).
To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.
To fail to cover (a draft presented against one's account).
To leave.
To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.
(sometimes employing the preposition with) To have sexual intercourse.
To attack unexpectedly.
To turn power off and back on; to reset.
To return undelivered.
To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum.
To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results.
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.
To bully; to scold.
To boast; to bluster.
To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; to knock loudly.

A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.
A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
An email that returns to the sender because of a delivery failure.
The sack, dismissal.
A bang, boom.
A drink based on brandy^W</sup>.
A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.
Scyliorhinus canicula, a European dogfish.
A genre of hip-hop music of New Orleans, characterized by often lewd call-and-response chants.
Drugs.
Swagger.
A good beat in music.
A talent for leaping.

From Middle English bunsen ("to beat, thump"), perhaps imitative. Compare Low German bunsen ("to beat"), Dutch bonzen ("to thump, knock, throb"), and akin to bonken, and possibly English bang.

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