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bounce
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[ verb ] spring back; spring away from an impact
Synonyms spring ricochet bound rebound reverberate recoil resile take_a_hop Examples "The rubber ball bounced" "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)Carey singled on a slow bouncing ball to short which Robinson cut_across to field and threw wide to first . (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)Prevot had said that the searchlights would be bounced off the clouds at 2230 hours , `` which gives us time to get settled in position '' . (Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)Thunder crashed ; barrels tumbled down the mountainsides , and bounced and bounced till their own fury split them open . Thunder crashed ; barrels tumbled down the mountainsides , and bounced and bounced till their own fury split them open . (Francis Pollini, Night....)Oh how they bounced ! |
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[ verb ] hit something so that it bounces, as of a ball
Used in print (Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)High , so it would only bounce harmlessly but loudly off the car 's steel roof . (Morley Callaghan, A Passion in Rome....)Watching her , he felt like a spectator at a tennis game , with the ball being bounced back_and_forth . Related terms |
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[ verb ] move up and down repeatedly
Synonyms Used in print (Peter J. White, "Report on Laos"...)And so , after a flight southeast to Savannakhet , we found ourselves bouncing along in a Jeep right behind the Land-Rover of Prince_Boun_Oum of Champassak , a tall man of Churchillian mien in a bush_jacket and a ten-gallon_hat from Texas . Then we drove on , until there was no more road and we traversed dry rice fields , bouncing across their squat earth walls . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (physics) the quality of a substance that is able to rebound
Synonyms Used in print (The Providence Journal...)The company which performed the Pulitzer_Prize musical here last night and will repeat it twice today is full of bounce , the politicians are in fine voice , the chorines evoke happy memories , and the Little_Flower rides to break a lance again . `` Where_the_Boys_Are '' also has a juvenile bounce that makes_for a refreshing venture in comedy . Related terms |
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[ verb ] leap suddenly
Examples "He bounced to his feet" Used in print (Cliff Farrell, Trail of the Tattered Star....)Susan bounced to her feet and slammed the door . Related terms |
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