<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li><p>(used without object) to spring back from a surface in a lively manner: The ball bounced off the wall.</p></li><li><p>to strike the ground or other surface, and rebound: The ball bounced once before he caught it.</p></li><li><p>to move or walk in a lively, exuberant, or energetic manner: She bounced into the room.</p></li><li><p>to move along in a lively manner, repeatedly striking the surface below and rebounding: The box bounced down the stairs.</p></li><li><p>to move about or enter or leave noisily or angrily (followed by around, about, out, out of, into, etc.): He bounced out of the room in a huff.</p></li><li><p>(of a check or the like) to fail to be honored by the bank against which it was drawn, due to lack of sufficient funds.</p></li><li><p>(used with object) to cause to bound and rebound: to bounce a ball; to bounce a child on one's knee; to bounce a signal off a satellite.</p></li><li><p>to refuse payment on (a check) because of insufficient funds: The bank bounced my rent check.</p></li><li><p>to give (a bad check) as payment: That's the first time anyone bounced a check on me.</p></li><li><p>Slang. to eject, expel, or dismiss summarily or forcibly.</p></li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a bound or rebound: to catch a ball on the first bounce.</li><li>a sudden spring or leap: In one bounce he was at the door.</li><li>ability to rebound; resilience: This tennis ball has no more bounce.</li><li>vitality; energy; liveliness: There is bounce in his step. This soda water has more bounce to it.</li><li>Synonyms: zip, vigor, pep, spirit, life, vivacity, animation.</li><li>the fluctuation in magnitude of target echoes on a radarscope.</li><li>Slang. a dismissal, rejection, or expulsion: He's gotten the bounce from three different jobs.</li></ul><p><strong>Adverb</strong></p><ul><li>with a bounce; suddenly.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb Phrase</strong></p><ul><li>to recover quickly: After losing the first game of the double-header, the team bounced back to win the second.</li></ul>