Main entry: leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bounce, bound
Definition: a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
Main entry: bounce, bounciness
Definition: the quality of a substance that is able to rebound
Definition: rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)
Main entry: bounce
Definition: hit something so that it bounces
Usage: bounce a ball
Main entry: bounce
Definition: eject from the premises
Usage: The ex-boxer's job is to bounce people who want to enter this private club
Main entry: spring, bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, take a hop
Definition: spring back; spring away from an impact
Usage: The rubber ball bounced; These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide
Definition: move up and down repeatedly
Main entry: bounce
Definition: leap suddenly
Usage: He bounced to his feet
Main entry: bounce
Definition: refuse to accept and send back
Usage: bounce a check
Main entry: bounce
Definition: come back after being refused
Usage: the check bounced