Bob vs. Bounce — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Bob and Bounce
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Bob
To move up and down
A cork bobbing on the water.
Bounce
(with reference to an object, especially a ball) move quickly up, back, or away from a surface after hitting it
He was bouncing the ball against the wall
The ball bounced away and he chased it
Bob
To grab at floating or hanging objects with the teeth
Bobbed for apples.
Bounce
Jump repeatedly up and down, typically on something springy
Emma was happily bouncing up and down on the mattress
Bob
To fish with a bobber.
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Bounce
(of a cheque) be returned by a bank to the payee when there are not enough funds in the drawer's account to meet it
A further two cheques of £160 also bounced
Bob
To curtsy or bow.
Bounce
Eject (a troublemaker) forcibly from a nightclub or similar establishment.
Bob
To cause to move up and down
Bobbed my head in response to the question.
Bounce
Pressurize (someone) into doing something, typically by presenting them with a fait accompli
The government should beware being bounced into any ill-considered foreign gamble
Bob
To cut short or reshape
Bobbed her hair.
Had his nose bobbed.
Bounce
A rebound of a ball or other object
The wicket was causing the occasional erratic bounce
Bob
A quick, jerky movement of the head or body.
Bounce
An act of jumping or of moving up and down jerkily
Every bounce of the truck brought them into fresh contact
Bob
A bobber used in fishing.
Bounce
To rebound after having struck an object or a surface.
Bob
A small, knoblike pendent object, such as a plumb bob.
Bounce
To move jerkily; bump
The car bounced over the potholes.
Bob
A small lock or curl of hair.
Bounce
To bound
Children bouncing into the room.
Bob
A haircut that hangs evenly above the shoulders, often around the chin, worn especially by women or children.
Bounce
To be left unpaid because of an overdrawn account
A check that bounced.
Bob
(Informal) Surgical shortening or reshaping of the nose.
Bounce
(Computers) To be sent back by a mail server as undeliverable
That email bounced because I used "com" instead of "net.".
Bob
The docked tail of a horse.
Bounce
(Baseball) To hit a ground ball to an infielder
The batter bounced out to the shortstop.
Bob
A bobsled.
Bounce
To cause to strike an object or a surface and rebound
Bounce a ball on the sidewalk.
Bob
A bob skate.
Bounce
To present or propose for comment or approval. Often used with off
Bounced a few ideas off my boss.
Bob
A shilling.
Bounce
To expel by force
Bounced him from the bar.
Bob
(intransitive) To move gently and vertically, in either a single motion or repeatedly up and down, at or near the surface of a body of water, or similar medium.
The cork bobbed gently in the calm water.
The ball, which we had thought lost, suddenly bobbed up out of the water.
The flowers were bobbing in the wind.
Bounce
To dismiss from employment.
Bob
(transitive) To move (something) as though it were bobbing in water.
I bobbed my head underwater and saw the goldfish.
Bob one's head (= to nod)
Bounce
To write (a check) on an overdrawn bank account.
Bob
To curtsy.
Bounce
A rebound, as of a ball from the ground.
Bob
To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.
Bounce
A sudden bound or upward movement
The bike went over the rock with a bounce.
Bob
(intransitive) blob
Bounce
The capacity to rebound; spring
A ball with bounce.
Bob
(transitive) To cut (hair) into a bob haircut.
I got my hair bobbed. How do you like it?
Bounce
A sudden increase
Got a bounce in the polls.
Bob
(transitive) To shorten by cutting; to dock; to crop.
Bounce
Cheerfulness or liveliness
"He had managed to recover much of his bounce and spirit" (Paul Auster).
Bob
To bobsleigh.
Bounce
(Slang) Expulsion; dismissal
Was given the bounce from the job.
Bob
A bobbing motion; a quick up and down movement.
A bob of the head
Bounce
A fast, energetic style of hip-hop originating in New Orleans and characterized by repetitive, often sexual call-and-response lyrics.
Bob
A curtsy.
Bounce
A style of dance performed to this music characterized by rapid body movements, especially of the gluteal and hamstring muscles in a way that resembles bouncing while keeping the feet on the ground.
Bob
A bobber buoyant fishing device.
Bounce
Chiefly British Loud, arrogant speech; bluster.
Bob
Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
Bounce
(intransitive) To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
The tennis ball bounced off the wall before coming to rest in the ditch.
Bob
A bob haircut.
Bounce
(intransitive) To move quickly up and then down, or vice versa, once or repeatedly.
He bounces nervously on his chair.
Bob
Any round object attached loosely to a flexible line, a rod, a body part etc., so that it may swing when hanging from it.
Bounce
(transitive) 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.
Bob
The dangling mass of a pendulum or plumb line.
Bounce
To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) somebody, in order to gain feedback.
I'm meeting Bob later to bounce some ideas off him about the new product range.
Bob
The docked tail of a horse.
Bounce
(intransitive) To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.
She bounced happily into the room.
Bob
A short line ending a stanza of a poem.
Bounce
To move rapidly (between).
Bob
The short runner of a sled.
Bounce
To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.
We can’t accept further checks from you, as your last one bounced.
Bob
A bobsleigh.
Bounce
To fail to cover have sufficient funds for (a draft presented against one's account).
He tends to bounce a check or two toward the end of each month, before his payday.
Bob
A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc.
Bounce
To leave.
Let’s wrap this up, I gotta bounce.
Bob
A working beam in a steam engine.
Bounce
To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.
Bob
A particular style of ringing changes on bells.
Bounce
(sometimes employing the preposition with) To have sexual intercourse.
Bob
A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist.
Bounce
To attack unexpectedly.
The squadron was bounced north of the town.
Bob
(obsolete) A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig.
Bounce
To turn power off and back on; to reset.
See if it helps to bounce the router.
Bob
(obsolete) The refrain of a song.
Bounce
To return undelivered.
What’s your new email address? The old one bounces.
The girl in the bar told me her address was [email protected], but my mail to that address was bounced back by the server.
Bob
(obsolete) A jeer; a sharp jest or taunt.
Bounce
To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum.
The student pilot bounced several times during his landing.
Bob
A shilling.
Bounce
To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results.
After the mid-air collision, his rig failed and he bounced.
Bob
A 10-cent coin.
Bounce
To mix (two or more tracks of a multi-track audio tape recording) and record the result onto a single track, in order to free up tracks for further material to be added.
Bounce tracks two and three to track four, then record the cowbell on track two.
Bob
(slang) An unspecified amount of money.
I could have saved myself a few bob buying it somewhere else.
Bounce
To bully; to scold.
Bob
A graphical element, resembling a hardware sprite, that can be blitted around the screen in large numbers.
Bounce
To boast; to bluster.
Bob
Anything that hangs so as to play loosely, or with a short abrupt motion, as at the end of a string; a pendant; as, the bob at the end of a kite's tail.
In jewels dressed and at each ear a bob.
Bounce
(archaic) To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; to knock loudly.
Bob
A knot of worms, or of rags, on a string, used in angling, as for eels; formerly, a worm suitable for bait.
Or yellow bobs, turned up before the plow,Are chiefest baits, with cork and lead enow.
Bounce
A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.
Bob
A small piece of cork or light wood attached to a fishing line to show when a fish is biting; a float.
Bounce
A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
Bob
The ball or heavy part of a pendulum; also, the ball or weight at the end of a plumb line.
Bounce
(internet) An email that returns to the sender because of a delivery failure.
Bob
A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc.
Bounce
The sack, dismissal.
Bob
A short, jerking motion; act of bobbing; as, a bob of the head.
Bounce
A bang, boom.
Bob
A working beam.
Bounce
(archaic) A drink based on brandyW.
Bob
A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig.
A plain brown bob he wore.
Bounce
(archaic) A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
Bob
A peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells.
Bounce
(archaic) Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.
Bob
The refrain of a song.
To bed, to bed, will be the bob of the song.
Bounce
Scyliorhinus canicula, a European dogfish.
Bob
A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist.
Bounce
(uncountable) A genre of hip-hop music of New Orleans, characterized by often lewd call-and-response chants.
Bob
A jeer or flout; a sharp jest or taunt; a trick.
He that a fool doth very wisely hit,Doth very foolishly, although he smart,Not to seem senseless of the bob.
Bounce
Drugs.
Bob
A shilling.
Bounce
Swagger.
Bob
To cause to move in a short, jerking manner; to move (a thing) with a bob.
Bounce
A good beat in music.
Bob
To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.
If any man happened by long sitting to sleep . . . he was suddenly bobbed on the face by the servants.
Bounce
A talent for leaping.
Them pro-ballers got bounce!
Bob
To cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to filch.
Gold and jewels that I bobbed from him.
Bounce
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.
Against his bosom bounced his heaving heart.
Bob
To mock or delude; to cheat.
To play her pranks, and bob the fool,The shrewish wife began.
Bounce
To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound; as, she bounced into the room.
Out bounced the mastiff.
Bounced off his arm+chair.
Bob
To cut short; as, to bob the hair, or a horse's tail.
Bounce
To boast; to talk big; to bluster.
Bob
To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up and down; to play loosely against anything.
Bounce
To drive against anything suddenly and violently; to bump; to thump.
Bob
A former monetary unit in Great Britain
Bounce
To cause to bound or rebound; sometimes, to toss.
Bob
A hair style for women and children; a short haircut all around
Bounce
To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.
Bob
A long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism
Bounce
To bully; to scold.
Bob
A hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a string
Bounce
A sudden leap or bound; a rebound.
Bob
A small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line
Bounce
A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
The bounce burst open the door.
Bob
A short or shortened tail of certain animals
Bounce
An explosion, or the noise of one.
Bob
A short abrupt inclination (as of the head);
He gave me a short bob of acknowledgement
Bounce
Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.
Bob
Move up and down repeatedly;
Her rucksack bobbed gently on her back
Bounce
A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus).
Bob
Ride a bobsled;
The boys bobbed down the hill screaming with pleasure
Bounce
With a sudden leap; suddenly.
This impudent puppy comes bounce in upon me.
Bob
Remove or shorten the tail of an animal
Bounce
The quality of a substance that is able to rebound
Bob
Make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect;
She curtsied when she shook the Queen's hand
Bounce
A light springing movement upwards or forwards
Bob
Cut hair in the style of a bob;
Bernice bobs her hair these days!
Bounce
Rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)
Bounce
Spring back; spring away from an impact;
The rubber ball bounced
These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide
Bounce
Hit something so that it bounces;
Bounce a ball
Bounce
Move up and down repeatedly
Bounce
Come back after being refused;
The check bounced
Bounce
Leap suddenly;
He bounced to his feet
Bounce
Refuse to accept and send back;
Bounce a check
Bounce
Eject from the premises;
The ex-boxer's job is to bounce people who want to enter this private club
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