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