Bounce (&?;), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Bounced (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n.
Bouncing (&?;).] [OE. bunsen; cf. D. bonzen to strike,
bounce, bons blow, LG. bunsen to knock; all prob. of
imitative origin.]
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. To boast; to talk big; to bluster.
[Obs.]
Bounce, v. t. 1. To
drive against anything suddenly and violently; to bump; to thump.
Swift.
2. To cause to bound or rebound; sometimes, to
toss.
3. To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge
unceremoniously, as from employment. [Collog. U. S.]
4. To bully; to scold. [Collog.] J.
Fletcher.
Bounce (&?;), n.
1. A sudden leap or bound; a rebound.
2. A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or
thump.
The bounce burst open the door.
Dryden.
3. An explosion, or the noise of one.
[Obs.]
4. Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious
exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer. Johnson. De
Quincey.&?;
5. (Zoöl.) A dogfish of Europe
(Scyllium catulus).
Bounce, adv. With a sudden leap;
suddenly.
This impudent puppy comes bounce in upon me.
Bickerstaff.
