verb
To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
The tennis ball bounced off the wall before coming to rest in the ditch.
To move quickly up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
He bounces nervously on his chair.
The Black Cats contributed to their own downfall for the only goal when Titus Bramble, making his first appearance since Boxing Day, and Michael Turner, let Phil Jones' cross bounce across the six-yard box as Rooney tucked in at the back post.
To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.
He bounced the child on his knee.
The children were bouncing a ball against a wall.
To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) someone, in order to gain feedback.
I'm meeting Bob later to bounce some ideas off him about the new product range.
To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.
She bounced happily into the room.
Out bounced the mastiff.
noun
A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.
Krohn-Dehli took advantage of a lucky bounce of the ball after a battling run on the left flank by Simon Poulsen, dummied two defenders and shot low through goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg's legs after 24 minutes.
A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
An email that returns to the sender because of a delivery failure.
A hypothetical event where a collapsing system, such as a universe in the Big Bounce theory, reaches a point of extreme density and then rebounds back into an expanding phase, essentially reversing the contraction due to quantum mechanical
The sack, dismissal.
Someone more clever than I said, "It's not the bounce that counts, it's the bounce back. "
Customers said I was a hoot; management gave me the bounce.