bounce

US /baʊns/

UK /baʊns/

B1

noun

  • A person's energy or confidence
  • Quality causing a person's hair to appear healthy

verb

  • To move around energetically, playfully
  • To forcibly remove a person from a bar, nightclub
  • (Of check) to be rejected due to inadequate funds
  • To strike a surface and rapidly change direction
  • To move energetically in an up and down motion

Examples

Short sound waves bounce off even small objects.

The ball bounced high and she missed it.