- adjectivebouncing (adjective)
- (of a ball) rebounding up and down:"an awkwardly bouncing ball"
- (of a baby) vigorous and healthy:"Lisa gave birth to a bouncing baby boy"
- lively and confident:"by the next day she was her usual bouncing, energetic self"
verbbouncing (present participle)- (of an object, especially a ball) move quickly up, back, or away from a surface after hitting it; rebound (once or repeatedly):"the ball bounced away and he chased it" · "he was bouncing the ball against the wall" · "the ball bounced off the rim"
- (of light, sound, or an electronic signal) come into contact with an object or surface and be reflected:"short sound waves bounce off even small objects"
- (of an email) be returned to its sender after failing to reach its destination:"I tried to email him, but the message bounced"
- (bounce back)recover well after a setback:"he was admired for his ability to bounce back from injury"
- baseballhit a ball that bounces before reaching a fielder:"bouncing out with the bases loaded" · "bounced a grounder to third"
- (of a person) jump repeatedly up and down, typically on something springy:"bouncing up and down on the mattress"
- (of a thing) move up and down while remaining essentially in the same position:"the gangplank bounced under his confident step"
- cause (a child) to move lightly up and down on one's knee as a game:"I remember how you used to bounce me on your knee"
- (of a vehicle) move jerkily along a bumpy surface:"the car bounced down the narrow track"
- move in an energetic or happy manner:"Linda bounced in through the open front door"
- informal(of a check) be returned by a bank when there are insufficient funds to meet it:"my rent check bounced"
- informalwrite (a check) on insufficient funds:"I've never bounced a check"
- informaleject (a troublemaker) forcibly from a nightclub or similar establishment.
- NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISHdismiss (someone) from a job:"those who put in a dismal performance will be bounced from the tour"
OriginMiddle English bunsen ‘beat, thump’, perhaps imitative, or from Low German bunsen ‘beat’, Dutch bons ‘a thump’.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- (of an object, especially a ball) move quickly up, back, or away from a surface after hitting it; rebound (once or repeatedly):
- recover well after a setback:
- (of a person) jump repeatedly up and down, typically on something springy:
- eject (a troublemaker) forcibly from a nightclub or similar establishment.
- dismiss (someone) from a job:
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- Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.An email bounce occurs when an email service provider (ESP) tries to deliver an email to the recipient’s email server, but it’s returned without being accepted, resulting in an automated bounce message to the sender indicating a delivery error.mailtrap.io/blog/what-is-email-bounce/IT, COMMUNICATIONS if an email that you send bounces or is bounced, it is returned to you because the address is wrong or there is a computer problem: Customers may be annoyed that spam defences bounce their legitimate e-mail. The report they'd asked me to send bounced, because the email address was invalid.dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/bounce
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