Bible Dictionaries
Bounce

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To cause to bound or rebound; sometimes, to toss.

(2):

(n.) A sudden leap or bound; a rebound.

(3):

(v. t.) To drive against anything suddenly and violently; to bump; to thump.

(4):

(n.) An explosion, or the noise of one.

(5):

(v. t.) To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.

(6):

(v. t.) To bully; to scold.

(7):

(adv.) With a sudden leap; suddenly.

(8):

(v. i.) To boast; to talk big; to bluster.

(9):

(v. i.) To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound; as, she bounced into the room.

(10):

(v. i.) To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly.

(11):

(n.) Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.

(12):

(n.) A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus).

(13):

(n.) A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bounce'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/bounce.html. 1828.