Bounce vs. Ricochet
Bounceverb
(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.’;
Ricochetnoun
(military) A method of firing a projectile so that it skips along a surface.
Bounceverb
(intransitive) To move quickly up and then down, or vice versa, once or repeatedly.
‘He bounces nervously on his chair.’;
Ricochetnoun
An instance of ricocheting; a glancing rebound.
Bounceverb
(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.’;
Ricochetverb
To rebound off something wildly in a seemingly random direction.
Bounceverb
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.’;
Ricochetverb
(military) To operate upon by ricochet firing.
Bounceverb
(intransitive) To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.
‘She bounced happily into the room.’;
Ricochetnoun
A rebound or skipping, as of a ball along the ground when a gun is fired at a low angle of elevation, or of a fiat stone thrown along the surface of water.
Bounceverb
To move rapidly (between).
Ricochetverb
To operate upon by ricochet firing. See Ricochet, n.
Bounceverb
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.’;
Ricochetverb
To skip with a rebound or rebounds, as a flat stone on the surface of water, or a cannon ball on the ground. See Ricochet, n.
Bounceverb
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.’;
Ricochetnoun
a glancing rebound
Bounceverb
To leave.
‘Let’s wrap this up, I gotta bounce.’;
Ricochetverb
spring back; spring away from an impact;
‘The rubber ball bounced’; ‘These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide’;
Bounceverb
To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.
Ricochet
A ricochet ( RIK-ə-shay; French: [ʁikɔʃɛ]) is a rebound, bounce, or skip off a surface, particularly in the case of a projectile. Most ricochets are caused by accident and while the force of the deflection decelerates the projectile, it can still be energetic and almost as dangerous as before the deflection.
Bounceverb
(sometimes employing the preposition with) To have sexual intercourse.
Bounceverb
To attack unexpectedly.
‘The squadron was bounced north of the town.’;
Bounceverb
To turn power off and back on; to reset
‘See if it helps to bounce the router.’;
Bounceverb
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 bounced back to me.’;
Bounceverb
To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum.
‘The student pilot bounced several times during his landing.’;
Bounceverb
To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results.
‘After the mid-air collision, his rig failed and he bounced. BSBD.’;
Bounceverb
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.’;
Bounceverb
To bully; to scold.
Bounceverb
(archaic) To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; to knock loudly.
Bounceverb
(archaic) To boast; to bluster.
Bouncenoun
A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.
Bouncenoun
A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
Bouncenoun
An email return with any error.
Bouncenoun
The sack, licensing.
Bouncenoun
A bang, boom.
Bouncenoun
A drink based on brandyW.
Bouncenoun
A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
Bouncenoun
Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.
Bouncenoun
Scyllium catulus, a European dogfish.
Bouncenoun
A genre of New Orleans music.
Bouncenoun
Drugs.
Bouncenoun
Swagger.
Bouncenoun
A 'good' beat.
Bouncenoun
A talent for leaping.
‘Them pro-ballers got bounce!’;
Bounceverb
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.’;
Bounceverb
To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound; as, she bounced into the room.
‘Out bounced the mastiff.’; ‘Bounced off his arm+chair.’;
Bounceverb
To boast; to talk big; to bluster.
Bounceverb
To drive against anything suddenly and violently; to bump; to thump.
Bounceverb
To cause to bound or rebound; sometimes, to toss.
Bounceverb
To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.
Bounceverb
To bully; to scold.
Bouncenoun
A sudden leap or bound; a rebound.
Bouncenoun
A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
‘The bounce burst open the door.’;
Bouncenoun
An explosion, or the noise of one.
Bouncenoun
Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.
Bouncenoun
A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus).
Bounceadverb
With a sudden leap; suddenly.
‘This impudent puppy comes bounce in upon me.’;
Bouncenoun
the quality of a substance that is able to rebound
Bouncenoun
a light springing movement upwards or forwards
Bouncenoun
rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)
Bounceverb
spring back; spring away from an impact;
‘The rubber ball bounced’; ‘These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide’;
Bounceverb
hit something so that it bounces;
‘bounce a ball’;
Bounceverb
move up and down repeatedly
Bounceverb
come back after being refused;
‘the check bounced’;
Bounceverb
leap suddenly;
‘He bounced to his feet’;
Bounceverb
refuse to accept and send back;
‘bounce a check’;
Bounceverb
eject from the premises;
‘The ex-boxer's job is to bounce people who want to enter this private club’;
Bounceverb
(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’;
Bounceverb
(of light, sound, or an electronic signal) come into contact with an object or surface and be reflected back
‘short sound waves bounce off even small objects’;
Bounceverb
(of an email) be returned to its sender after failing to reach its destination
‘I tried to email him, but the message bounced’;
Bounceverb
recover well after a setback or problem
‘the savings rate has already started to bounce back and is sure to rise further’;
Bounceverb
come into sudden forceful contact with; collide with
‘people cross the road as slowly as possible, as if daring the cars to bounce them’;
Bounceverb
jump repeatedly up and down, typically on something springy
‘Emma was happily bouncing up and down on the mattress’;
Bounceverb
move up and down repeatedly
‘the gangplank bounced under his confident step’;
Bounceverb
cause (a child) to move lightly up and down on one's knee as a game
‘I remember how you used to bounce me on your knee’;
Bounceverb
(of a vehicle) move jerkily along a bumpy surface
‘the car bounced down the narrow track’;
Bounceverb
move in a particular direction in an energetic, happy, or enthusiastic manner
‘Linda bounced in through the open front door’;
Bounceverb
(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’;
Bounceverb
(of a bank) return a cheque to the payee when there are not enough funds in the drawer's account to meet it
‘the bank bounced the cheque’;
Bounceverb
eject (a troublemaker) forcibly from a nightclub or similar establishment.
Bounceverb
dismiss (someone) from a job
‘those who put in a dismal performance will be bounced from the tour’;
Bounceverb
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’;
Bouncenoun
a rebound of a ball or other object
‘the wicket was causing the occasional erratic bounce’;
Bouncenoun
the ability of a surface to make a ball rebound in a specified way
‘a pitch of low bounce’;
Bouncenoun
a collision.
Bouncenoun
an act of jumping or of moving up and down jerkily
‘every bounce of the truck brought them into fresh contact’;
Bouncenoun
a sudden rise in the level of something
‘economists agree that there could be a bounce in prices next year’;
Bouncenoun
exuberant self-confidence
‘the bounce was now back in Jenny's step’;
Bouncenoun
health and body in a person's hair
‘use conditioner to help hair regain its bounce’;
