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Webster 1913 Edition
Bounce
Bounce
,Verb.
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 roomOut
bounced
the mastiff. Swift.
Bounced
off his arm+chair. Thackeray.
3.
To boast; to talk big; to bluster.
[Obs.]
Bounce
,Verb.
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
,Noun.
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.[GREEK]
5.
(Zool.)
A dogfish of Europe (
Scyllium catulus
). Bounce
,adv.
With a sudden leap; suddenly.
This impudent puppy comes
bounce
in upon me. Bickerstaff.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bounce
BOUNCE
, v.i.1.
To leap or spring; to fly or rush out suddenly.Out bounced the mastiff.
2.
To spring or leap against any thing, so as to rebound; to beat or thump by a spring.Against his bosom bounced his heaving heart.
3.
To beat hard, or thump, so as to make a sudden noise.Another bounced as hard as he could knock.
4.
To boast or bully; used in familiar speech.5.
To be bold or strong.BOUNCE
,Noun.
The bounce burst open the door.
1.
A loud heavy sound, as by an explosion.2.
A boast; a threat; in low language.3.
A fish; a species of squalus or shark.