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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  bounce
       
          1. (Perhaps by analogy to a bouncing check) An electronic
          mail message that is undeliverable and returns an error
          notification (a "{bounce message") to the sender is said to
          "bounce".
       
          2. To play volleyball.  The now-demolished D. C. Power Lab
          building used by the Stanford AI Lab in the 1970s had a
          volleyball court on the front lawn.  From 5 PM to 7 PM was the
          scheduled maintenance time for the computer, so every
          afternoon at 5 would come over the intercom the cry: "Now hear
          this: bounce, bounce!", followed by Brian McCune loudly
          bouncing a volleyball on the floor outside the offices of
          known volleyballers.
       
          3. To engage in sexual intercourse; probably from the
          expression "bouncing the mattress", but influenced by Roo's
          psychosexually loaded "Try bouncing me, Tigger!" from the
          "Winnie-the-Pooh" books.
       
          Compare boink.
       
          4. To casually reboot a system in order to clear up a
          transient problem.  Reported primarily among VMS users.
       
          5. (VM/CMS programmers) Automatic warm-start of a computer
          after an error.  "I logged on this morning and found it had
          bounced 7 times during the night"
       
          6. (IBM) To power cycle a peripheral in order to reset it.
       
          [{Jargon File]
       
          (1994-11-29)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Bounce \Bounce\, v. t.
     1. To drive against anything suddenly and violently; to bump;
        to thump. --Swift.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To cause to bound or rebound; sometimes, to toss.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge
        unceremoniously, as from employment. [Collog. U. S.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To bully; to scold. [Collog.] --J. Fletcher.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Bounce \Bounce\, n.
     [1913 Webster]
     1. A sudden leap or bound; a rebound.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The bounce burst open the door.       --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. An explosion, or the noise of one. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious
        exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer. --Johnson. De
        Quincey.?
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. (Zo["o]l.) A dogfish of Europe ({Scyllium catulus).
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Bounce \Bounce\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bounced; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Bouncing.] [OE. bunsen; cf. D. bonzen to strike, bounce,
     bons blow, LG. bunsen to knock; all prob. of imitative
     origin.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden
        noise; a knock loudly.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Another bounces as hard as he can knock. --Swift.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Against his bosom bounced his heaving heart.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     2. To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound;
        as, she bounced into the room.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Out bounced the mastiff.              --Swift.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Bounced off his arm+chair.            --Thackeray.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To boast; to talk big; to bluster. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Bounce \Bounce\, adv.
     With a sudden leap; suddenly.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           This impudent puppy comes bounce in upon me.
                                                    --Bickerstaff.
     [1913 Webster]

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) : [ jargon ]


  bounce v. 1. [common; perhaps by analogy to a bouncing check] An
     electronic mail message that is undeliverable and returns an error
     notification to the sender is said to `bounce'. See also bounce
     message. 2. [Stanford] To play volleyball. The now-demolished D. C.
     Power Lab building used by the Stanford AI Lab in the 1970s had a
     volleyball court on the front lawn. From 5 P.M. to 7 P.M. was the
     scheduled maintenance time for the computer, so every afternoon at 5
     would come over the intercom the cry: "Now hear this: bounce, bounce!",
     followed by Brian McCune loudly bouncing a volleyball on the floor
     outside the offices of known volleyballers. 3. To engage in sexual
     intercourse; prob. from the expression `bouncing the mattress', but
     influenced by Roo's psychosexually loaded "Try bouncing me, Tigger!"
     from the "Winnie-the-Pooh" books. Compare boink. 4. To casually reboot
     a system in order to clear up a transient problem (possibly editing a
     configuration file in the process, if it is one that is only re-read at
     boot time). Reported primarily among VMS and Unix users. 5. [VM/CMS
     programmers] _Automatic_ warm-start of a machine after an error. "I
     logged on this morning and found it had bounced 7 times during the
     night" 6. [IBM] To power cycle a peripheral in order to reset it.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Bounce \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Bounce \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. (Zo["o]l.) A dogfish of Europe ({Scyllium catulus).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Bounce \Bounce\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bounced; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Bouncing.] [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.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Bounce \Bounce\, adv.
     With a sudden leap; suddenly.
  
           This impudent puppy comes bounce in upon me.
                                                    --Bickerstaff.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  bounce
       n 1: the quality of a substance that is able to rebound [syn: bounciness]
       2: a light springing movement upwards or forwards [syn: leap,
           leaping, spring, saltation, bound]
       3: rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts) [syn: bouncing]
       v 1: spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball
            bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite
            after they collide" [syn: resile, take a hop, spring,
             bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet]
       2: hit something so that it bounces; "bounce a ball"
       3: move up and down repeatedly [syn: jounce]
       4: come back after being refused; "the check bounced" [ant: clear]
       5: leap suddenly; "He bounced to his feet"
       6: refuse to accept and send back; "bounce a check"
       7: eject from the premises; "The ex-boxer's job is to bounce
          people who want to enter this private club"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  bounce
     Αγγλικά n.
     το γκελ, η αναπήδηση, το αναπήδημα, το σκίρτημα, το ανασκίρτημα
     Αγγλικά vb.
     αναπηδώ (για κίνηση μπάλας ή άλλη παρόμοια κίνηση)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  bounce
     n.
     1 A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an
  obstacle.
     2 A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
     3 (lb en internet) An email that returns to the sender because of a
  delivery failure.
     4 The sack, dismissal.
     5 A bang, boom.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To change the direction of motion after
  hitting an obstacle.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To move quickly up and then down (or vice
  versa), once or repeatedly.
     3 (lb en transitive) To cause to move quickly up and down, or back
  and forth, once or repeatedly.
     4 (lb en transitive colloquial) To suggest or introduce (an idea,
  etc.) to (''off'' or ''by'') someone, in order to gain feedback.
     5 (lb en intransitive) To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously;
  to bound.
     6 To move rapidly (between).
     7 (lb en intransitive informal of a cheque/check) To be refused by a
  bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.
     8 (lb en transitive informal) To fail to cover (gloss: have
  sufficient funds for) (a draft presented against one's account).
     9 (lb en intransitive slang) To leave.
     10 (lb en US slang dated) To eject violently, as from a room; to
  discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  bounce
     n.
     1 A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an
  obstacle.
     2 A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
     3 (lb en internet) An email that returns to the sender because of a
  delivery failure.
     4 The sack, dismissal.
     5 A bang, boom.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To change the direction of motion after
  hitting an obstacle.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To move quickly up and then down (or vice
  versa), once or repeatedly.
     3 (lb en transitive) To cause to move quickly up and down, or back
  and forth, once or repeatedly.
     4 (lb en transitive colloquial) To suggest or introduce (an idea,
  etc.) to (''off'' or ''by'') someone, in order to gain feedback.
     5 (lb en intransitive) To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously;
  to bound.
     6 To move rapidly (between).
     7 (lb en intransitive informal of a cheque/check) To be refused by a
  bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.
     8 (lb en transitive informal) To fail to cover (gloss: have
  sufficient funds for) (a draft presented against one's account).
     9 (lb en intransitive slang) To leave.
     10 (lb en US slang dated) To eject violently, as from a room; to
  discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  bounce
     n.
     1 A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an
  obstacle.
     2 A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
     3 (lb en internet) An email that returns to the sender because of a
  delivery failure.
     4 The sack, dismissal.
     5 A bang, boom.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To change the direction of motion after
  hitting an obstacle.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To move quickly up and then down (or vice
  versa), once or repeatedly.
     3 (lb en transitive) To cause to move quickly up and down, or back
  and forth, once or repeatedly.
     4 (lb en transitive colloquial) To suggest or introduce (an idea,
  etc.) to (''off'' or ''by'') someone, in order to gain feedback.
     5 (lb en intransitive) To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously;
  to bound.
     6 To move rapidly (between).
     7 (lb en intransitive informal of a cheque/check) To be refused by a
  bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.
     8 (lb en transitive informal) To fail to cover (gloss: have
  sufficient funds for) (a draft presented against one's account).
     9 (lb en intransitive slang) To leave.
     10 (lb en US slang dated) To eject violently, as from a room; to
  discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  bounce
     n.
     1 A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an
  obstacle.
     2 A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
     3 (lb en internet) An email that returns to the sender because of a
  delivery failure.
     4 The sack, dismissal.
     5 A bang, boom.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To change the direction of motion after
  hitting an obstacle.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To move quickly up and then down (or vice
  versa), once or repeatedly.
     3 (lb en transitive) To cause to move quickly up and down, or back
  and forth, once or repeatedly.
     4 (lb en transitive colloquial) To suggest or introduce (an idea,
  etc.) to (''off'' or ''by'') someone, in order to gain feedback.
     5 (lb en intransitive) To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously;
  to bound.
     6 To move rapidly (between).
     7 (lb en intransitive informal of a cheque/check) To be refused by a
  bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.
     8 (lb en transitive informal) To fail to cover (gloss: have
  sufficient funds for) (a draft presented against one's account).
     9 (lb en intransitive slang) To leave.
     10 (lb en US slang dated) To eject violently, as from a room; to
  discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  bounce
     Englanti n.
     kimpoaminen, pomppiminen, ponnahdus
     Englanti vb.
     1 pompottaa
     2 pomppia
     3 kimmota, pompata
     4 olla katteeton (shekistä)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  bounce
     Engelska n.
     studs, hopp
     Engelska vb.
     1 studsa
     2 (tagg slang språk=en) lämna, sticka, dra

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Bounce /bˈaʊns/
  تنطّط

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  bounce //baʊns// 
  1. отскачане
  change of direction of motion after hitting an obstacle
  2. подскачане
  movement up and down
  3. уволнение
  sack, dismissal

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  bounce //baʊns// 
  1. отскачам
  to change direction of motion after hitting an obstacle
  2. подскачам
  to move quickly up and down