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bounced |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bounce \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.]
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