bounce

/bɑʊns/ v [I/T] (JUMP)

Definition

› to move up or away after hitting a surface, or to cause something to move this way: [I] The basketball bounced off the rim of the basket. [T] She bounced the baby on her knee. [I] fig. Tom bounced into the room (= walked in a happy, energetic way).

(Definition of bounce v (JUMP) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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