bounce¹ /bowns/

1. To jump or spring suddenly
2. To spring up or back like a ball
3. To burst (into or out of a room, etc)
4. (of a cheque) to come back to the payee unredeemed because of lack of funds in the drawer's account
5. (of an email message) to be returned to the sender without reaching the intended recipient
6. To boast, to exaggerate

1. To cause to rebound
2. (of a bank) to return (a cheque) to the payee unredeemed
3. To turn out, eject, dismiss
4. To hustle, force
5. To reprimand, bring to book (slang)
6. To beat (obsolete)

1. A thud
2. A leap or spring
3. Springiness
4. Resilience, vitality
5. An improvement after a period of decline (informal)
6. Boasting, a bold lie
7. Dismissal (US inf)

Expressing sudden or bouncing movement or (formerly) the noise of a gun

bouncˈer noun

1. A person or thing that bounces
2. A cheque that bounces (informal)
3. A short-pitched fast delivery bowled so as to bounce and rise sharply off the ground (cricket)
4. A person employed to eject undesirable people from a club, dance hall, etc, or to prevent them from entering (informal)
5. Something big
6. A bully
7. A liar

bounˈcily adverb

bounˈciness noun

bouncˈing adjective

1. Large and heavy
2. Energetic
3. Hearty

bouncˈy adjective

1. Prone to bouncing or full of bounce
2. Lively, cocky
3. Vigorous, resilient

• take up short
• take up the cudgels
• take up the gauntlet
• take up the reins
• take up the running
• take up the word
• take up with
• take warrant on oneself
• take wing
• take with a grain of salt
• take with a pinch of salt
• takhi
• takhis
• taki
• takier
• takiest
• takin
• taking
• takingly
• takingness
• takingnesses
• taking-off
• taking-offs
• takings
• takins