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.
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.
To boast; to talk big; to bluster. [Obs.]
To drive against anything suddenly and violently; to bump; to thump. Swift.
To cause to bound or rebound; sometimes, to toss.
To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment. [Collog. U. S.]
To bully; to scold. [Collog.] J. Fletcher.
A sudden leap or bound; a rebound.
A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump. The bounce burst open the door. Dryden.
An explosion, or the noise of one. [Obs.]
Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer. Johnson. De Quincey.
A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus).
With a sudden leap; suddenly. This impudent puppy comes bounce in upon me. Bickerstaff.
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