Bounce vs. Tumble — What's the Difference?

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

To perform acrobatic feats such as somersaults, rolls, or twists.

Jump repeatedly up and down, typically on something springy

To fall, roll, or move end over end

(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

To spill, roll out, or emerge in confusion or disorder

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

To pitch headlong; fall

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

To move quickly or awkwardly

A rebound of a ball or other object

To hang down

An act of jumping or of moving up and down jerkily

To collapse

To rebound after having struck an object or a surface.

To undergo a decline in position, status, or fortune

To move jerkily; bump

To decrease

To bound

To come upon accidentally; happen on

To be left unpaid because of an overdrawn account

(Slang) To come to a sudden understanding; catch on

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

To cause to fall or collapse; bring down

(Baseball) To hit a ground ball to an infielder

To put, spill, or toss haphazardly

To cause to strike an object or a surface and rebound

To toss or whirl in a drum, tumbler, or tumbling box

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

To cause to lose position, status, or fortune

To expel by force

An act of tumbling; a fall.

To dismiss from employment.

A decrease, as in value

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

A confused or disordered collection or amount of something

A rebound, as of a ball from the ground.

A fall, especially end over end.

A sudden bound or upward movement

A disorderly heap.

The capacity to rebound; spring

(informal) An act of sexual intercourse.

A sudden increase

(intransitive) To fall end over end; to roll over and over.

Cheerfulness or liveliness

(intransitive) To perform gymnastics such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings.

(Slang) Expulsion; dismissal

(intransitive) To drop rapidly.

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

(transitive) To smoothe and polish, e.g., gemstones or pebbles, by means of a rotating tumbler.

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 have sexual intercourse.

Chiefly British Loud, arrogant speech; bluster.

(intransitive) To move or rush in a headlong or uncontrolled way.

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

To muss, to make disorderly; to tousle or rumple.

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

(cryptocurrency) To obscure the audit trail of funds by means of a tumbler.

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

To comprehend; often in tumble to.

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

To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a person in pain tumbles and tosses.

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

To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold.

To move rapidly (between).

To play tricks by various movements and contortions of the body; to perform the feats of an acrobat.

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

To turn over; to turn or throw about, as for examination or search; to roll or move in a rough, coarse, or unceremonious manner; to throw down or headlong; to precipitate; - sometimes with over, about, etc.; as, to tumble books or papers.

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

To disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed.

To leave.

Act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall.

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

An acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end

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

A sudden drop from an upright position;

To attack unexpectedly.

Fall down, as if collapsing;

To turn power off and back on; to reset.

Cause to topple or tumble by pushing

To return undelivered.

Roll over and over, back and forth

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

Fly around;

To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results.

Fall apart;

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.

Throw together in a confused mass;

To bully; to scold.

Understand, usually after some initial difficulty;

To boast; to bluster.

Fall suddenly and sharply;

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

Put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying;

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

Suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat

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

Do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully

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

The sack, dismissal.

A bang, boom.

(archaic) A drink based on brandy^W.

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

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

Scyliorhinus canicula, a European dogfish.

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

Drugs.

Swagger.

A good beat in music.

A talent for leaping.

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

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

To boast; to talk big; to bluster.

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

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

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

To bully; to scold.

A sudden leap or bound; a rebound.

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

An explosion, or the noise of one.

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

A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus).

With a sudden leap; suddenly.

The quality of a substance that is able to rebound

A light springing movement upwards or forwards

Rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)

Spring back; spring away from an impact;

Hit something so that it bounces;

Move up and down repeatedly

Come back after being refused;

Leap suddenly;

Refuse to accept and send back;

Eject from the premises;