The difference between Bounce and Bounce back
When used as verbs, bounce means to change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle, whereas bounce back means to recover from a negative without seemingly any damage.
Bounce is also noun with the meaning: a change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.
check bellow for the other definitions of Bounce and Bounce back
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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Bounce as a verb (intransitive):
To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.
Examples:
"She bounced happily into the room."
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Bounce as a verb:
To move rapidly (between).
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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."
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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."
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Bounce as a verb (intransitive, slang):
To leave.
Examples:
"Let’s wrap this up, I gotta bounce."
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Bounce as a verb (US, slang, dated):
To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.
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Bounce as a verb (intransitive, slang, African American Vernacular English):
(sometimes employing the preposition with) To have sexual intercourse.
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Bounce as a verb (transitive, air combat):
To attack unexpectedly.
Examples:
"The squadron was bounced north of the town."
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Bounce as a verb (intransitive, electronics):
To turn power off and back on; to reset
Examples:
"See if it helps to bounce the router."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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Bounce as a verb (slang, dated):
To bully; to scold.
Examples:
"rfquotek J. Fletcher"
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Bounce as a verb (archaic):
To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; to knock loudly.
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Bounce as a verb (archaic):
To boast; to bluster.
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Bounce as a noun:
A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.
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Bounce as a noun:
A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
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Bounce as a noun:
An email return with any error.
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Bounce as a noun:
The sack, licensing.
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Bounce as a noun:
A bang, boom.
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Bounce as a noun:
A drink based on brandy.
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Bounce as a noun:
A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
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Bounce as a noun:
Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.
Examples:
"rfquotek Johnson"
"rfquotek De Quincey"
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Bounce as a noun:
Scyllium catulus, a European dogfish.
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Bounce as a noun:
A genre of New Orleans music.
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Bounce as a noun (slang, African American Vernacular English):
Drugs.
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Bounce as a noun (slang, African American Vernacular English):
Swagger.
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Bounce as a noun (slang, African American Vernacular English):
A 'good' beat.
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Bounce as a noun (slang, African American Vernacular English):
A talent for leaping.
Examples:
"Them pro-[[baller ballers]] got bounce!"
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Bounce back as a verb (idiomatic):
To recover from a negative without seemingly any damage.
Examples:
"We thought he'd die from the crash, but he bounced back to normal after 10 days in hospital."
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Bounce back as a verb (of a message, usually an email):
To be returned to the sender because it is undeliverable.