The difference between Bob and Bounce

When used as nouns, bob means a bobbing motion, whereas bounce means a change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.

When used as verbs, bob means 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, whereas bounce means to change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.

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  1. Bob as a verb (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.

    Examples:

    "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."

  2. Bob as a verb (transitive):

    To move (something) as though it were bobbing in water.

    Examples:

    "I bobbed my head under water and saw the goldfish."

    "bob one's head'' (= to [[nod]])"

  3. Bob as a verb:

    To curtsy.

  4. Bob as a verb:

    To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.

  1. Bob as a noun:

    A bobbing motion.

    Examples:

    "a bob of the head"

  2. Bob as a noun:

    A bobber.

  3. Bob as a noun:

    A curtsy.

  1. Bob as a noun:

    A bob haircut.

  2. Bob as a noun:

    Any round object attached loosely to a flexible line, a rod, a body part etc., so that it may swing when hanging from it

  3. Bob as a noun:

    The dangling mass of a pendulum or plumb line.

  4. Bob as a noun:

    The docked tail of a horse.

  5. Bob as a noun:

    A short line ending a stanza of a poem.

  6. Bob as a noun:

    The short runner of a sled.

  7. Bob as a noun:

    A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc.

  8. Bob as a noun:

    A working beam in a steam engine.

  9. Bob as a noun:

    A particular style of ringing changes on bells.

  10. Bob as a noun:

    A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist.

  11. Bob as a noun (obsolete):

    A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig.

  12. Bob as a noun (obsolete):

    The refrain of a song.

  13. Bob as a noun (obsolete):

    A jeer; a sharp jest or taunt.

  1. Bob as a verb (transitive):

    To cut (hair) into a bob haircut.

    Examples:

    "I got my hair bobbed. How do you like it?"

  2. Bob as a verb (transitive):

    To shorten by cutting; to dock; to crop

  3. Bob as a verb:

    Short form of bobsleigh

  1. Bob as a noun (Kenya, slang, _, ; UK, _, &, _, Australia, historical, dated, _, slang):

    A shilling.

    Examples:

    "I could have saved myself a few bob buying it somewhere else."

  2. Bob as a noun (Australia, dated, _, slang):

    A 10-cent coin.

  3. Bob as a noun (slang):

    An unspecified amount of money.

  1. Bob as a noun:

  1. Bob as a noun (computer graphics, demoscene):

    A graphical element, resembling a hardware sprite, that can be blitted around the screen in large numbers.

  1. Bounce as a verb (intransitive):

    To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.

    Examples:

    "The tennis ball bounced off the wall before coming to rest in the ditch."

  2. Bounce as a verb (intransitive):

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

    Examples:

    "He bounces nervously on his chair."

  3. Bounce as a verb (transitive):

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

    Examples:

    "He bounced the child on his knee."

    "The children were bouncing a ball against a wall."

  4. Bounce as a verb (transitive, colloquial):

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

    Examples:

    "I'm meeting Bob later to bounce some ideas off him about the new product range."

  5. Bounce as a verb (intransitive):

    To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.

    Examples:

    "She bounced happily into the room."

  6. Bounce as a verb:

    To move rapidly (between).

  7. Bounce as a verb (intransitive, informal, of a [[cheque]]/[[check]]):

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

    Examples:

    "We can’t accept further checks from you, as your last one bounced."

  8. Bounce as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To fail to cover (a draft presented against one's account).

    Examples:

    "He tends to bounce a check or two toward the end of each month, before his payday."

  9. Bounce as a verb (intransitive, slang):

    To leave.

    Examples:

    "Let’s wrap this up, I gotta bounce."

  10. Bounce as a verb (US, slang, dated):

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

  11. Bounce as a verb (intransitive, slang, African American Vernacular English):

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

  12. Bounce as a verb (transitive, air combat):

    To attack unexpectedly.

    Examples:

    "The squadron was bounced north of the town."

  13. Bounce as a verb (intransitive, electronics):

    To turn power off and back on; to reset

    Examples:

    "See if it helps to bounce the router."

  14. Bounce as a verb (intransitive, Internet, of an [[e-mail]] message or address):

    To return undelivered.

    Examples:

    "What’s your new email address? The old one bounces."

    "The girl in the bar told me her address was thirsty@example.com, but my mail to that address bounced back to me."

  15. Bounce as a verb (intransitive, aviation):

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

    Examples:

    "The student pilot bounced several times during his landing."

  16. Bounce as a verb (intransitive, skydiving):

    To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results.

    Examples:

    "After the mid-air collision, his rig failed and he bounced. BSBD."

  17. Bounce as a verb (transitive, sound recording):

    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.

    Examples:

    "Bounce tracks two and three to track four, then record the cowbell on track two."

  18. Bounce as a verb (slang, dated):

    To bully; to scold.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek J. Fletcher"

  19. Bounce as a verb (archaic):

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

  20. Bounce as a verb (archaic):

    To boast; to bluster.

  1. Bounce as a noun:

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

  2. Bounce as a noun:

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

  3. Bounce as a noun:

    An email return with any error.

  4. Bounce as a noun:

    The sack, licensing.

  5. Bounce as a noun:

    A bang, boom.

  6. Bounce as a noun:

    A drink based on brandy.

  7. Bounce as a noun:

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

  8. Bounce as a noun:

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

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Johnson"

    "rfquotek De Quincey"

  9. Bounce as a noun:

    Scyllium catulus, a European dogfish.

  10. Bounce as a noun:

    A genre of New Orleans music.

  11. Bounce as a noun (slang, African American Vernacular English):

    Drugs.

  12. Bounce as a noun (slang, African American Vernacular English):

    Swagger.

  13. Bounce as a noun (slang, African American Vernacular English):

    A 'good' beat.

  14. Bounce as a noun (slang, African American Vernacular English):

    A talent for leaping.

    Examples:

    "Them pro-[[baller ballers]] got bounce!"

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