Bounce vs. Shake — What's the Difference?

(with reference to an object, especially a ball) move quickly up, back, or away from a surface after hitting it

(of a structure or area of land) tremble or vibrate

Jump repeatedly up and down, typically on something springy

Move (an object) up and down or from side to side with rapid, forceful, jerky movements

(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

Upset the composure or confidence of; shock or astonish

Eject (a troublemaker) forcibly from a nightclub or similar establishment.

An act of shaking

Pressurize (someone) into doing something, typically by presenting them with a fait accompli

A fit of trembling or shivering

A rebound of a ball or other object

Short for milkshake

An act of jumping or of moving up and down jerkily

An earth tremor.

To rebound after having struck an object or a surface.

A trill.

To move jerkily; bump

A kind of rough wooden shingle, used especially on rustic buildings

To bound

To cause to move from side to side or up and down with jerky movements

To be left unpaid because of an overdrawn account

To cause to tremble, vibrate, or rock

(Computers) To be sent back by a mail server as undeliverable

To brandish or wave, especially in anger

(Baseball) To hit a ground ball to an infielder

To cause to lose stability or strength, as of conviction

To cause to strike an object or a surface and rebound

To disturb or agitate emotionally; upset or unnerve

To present or propose for comment or approval. Often used with off

To remove or dislodge by jerky movements

To expel by force

To scatter or strew by jerky movements

To dismiss from employment.

To get rid of or put an end to

To write (a check) on an overdrawn bank account.

To get away from (a pursuer)

A rebound, as of a ball from the ground.

To bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking

A sudden bound or upward movement

To clasp (hands) in greeting or leave-taking or as a sign of agreement.

The capacity to rebound; spring

(Music) To trill (a note).

A sudden increase

(Games) To rattle and mix (dice) before casting.

Cheerfulness or liveliness

To move from side to side or up and down in short, irregular, often jerky movements

(Slang) Expulsion; dismissal

To move something vigorously up and down or from side to side, as in mixing.

A fast, energetic style of hip-hop originating in New Orleans and characterized by repetitive, often sexual call-and-response lyrics.

To tremble, as from cold or in anger.

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.

To be unsteady; totter or waver.

Chiefly British Loud, arrogant speech; bluster.

(Music) To trill.

(intransitive) To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.

To shake hands

(intransitive) To move quickly up and then down, or vice versa, once or repeatedly.

The act of shaking

(transitive) To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.

A trembling or quivering movement.

To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) somebody, in order to gain feedback.

(Informal) An earthquake.

(intransitive) To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.

A fissure in rock.

To move rapidly (between).

A crack in timber caused by wind or frost.

To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.

(Informal) A moment or instant

To fail to cover have sufficient funds for (a draft presented against one's account).

(Music) A trill.

To leave.

See milkshake.

To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.

A beverage in which the ingredients are mixed by shaking.

(sometimes employing the preposition with) To have sexual intercourse.

A rough shingle used to cover rustic buildings, such as barns

To attack unexpectedly.

Shakes(Informal) Uncontrollable trembling, as in a person who is cold, frightened, feverish, or ill. Often used with the

To turn power off and back on; to reset.

(Informal) A bargain or deal

To return undelivered.

To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.

To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum.

(transitive) To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval.

To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results.

(transitive) To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.

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.

(transitive) To disturb emotionally; to shock.

To bully; to scold.

(transitive) To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).

To boast; to bluster.

(intransitive) To move from side to side.

(archaic) To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; to knock loudly.

To shake hands.

A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.

(intransitive) To dance.

A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.

To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.

(internet) An email that returns to the sender because of a delivery failure.

To threaten to overthrow.

The sack, dismissal.

To be agitated; to lose firmness.

A bang, boom.

The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.

(archaic) A drink based on brandy^W.

A twitch, a spasm, a tremor.

(archaic) A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.

A milkshake.

(archaic) Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.

A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.

Scyliorhinus canicula, a European dogfish.

Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.

(uncountable) A genre of hip-hop music of New Orleans, characterized by often lewd call-and-response chants.

An adulterant added to cocaine powder.

Drugs.

(building material) A thin shingle.

Swagger.

A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.

A good beat in music.

A fissure in rock or earth.

A talent for leaping.

A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc.

To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly.

(informal) Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.)

To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound; as, she bounced into the room.

(nautical) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.

To boast; to talk big; to bluster.

(music) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.

To drive against anything suddenly and violently; to bump; to thump.

(music) In singing, notes (usually high ones) sung vibrato.

To cause to bound or rebound; sometimes, to toss.

A shook of staves and headings.

To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.

The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.

To bully; to scold.

A shock or disturbance.

A sudden leap or bound; a rebound.

To cause to move with quick or violent vibrations; to move rapidly one way and the other; to make to tremble or shiver; to agitate.

A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.

Fig.: To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of; to cause to waver; to impair the resolution of.

An explosion, or the noise of one.

To give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake a note in music.

Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.

To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion; to rid one's self of; - generally with an adverb, as off, out, etc.; as, to shake fruit down from a tree.

A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus).

To be agitated with a waving or vibratory motion; to tremble; to shiver; to quake; to totter.

With a sudden leap; suddenly.

The act or result of shaking; a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and other; a trembling, quaking, or shivering; agitation.

The quality of a substance that is able to rebound

A fissure or crack in timber, caused by its being dried too suddenly.

A light springing movement upwards or forwards

A fissure in rock or earth.

Rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)

A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.

Spring back; spring away from an impact;

One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.

Hit something so that it bounces;

A shook of staves and headings.

Move up and down repeatedly

The redshank; - so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.

Come back after being refused;

Building material used as siding or roofing

Leap suddenly;

Frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream

Refuse to accept and send back;

A note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it

Eject from the premises;

Grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)

Reflex shaking caused by cold or fear or excitement

Causing to move repeatedly from side to side

Move or cause to move back and forth;

Move with or as if with a tremor;

Shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively;

Move back and forth or sideways;

Undermine or cause to waver;

Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of;

Get rid of;

Bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking;

Shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state;