Bounce vs. Bound

Bounceverb

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

Bounceverb

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

Bounceverb

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

Bounceverb

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

Bounceverb

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

Bounceverb

To move rapidly (between).

Bounceverb

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

Bounceverb

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

Bounceverb

To leave.

Bounceverb

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

Bounceverb

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

Bounceverb

To attack unexpectedly.

Bounceverb

To turn power off and back on; to reset

Bounceverb

To return undelivered.

Bounceverb

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

Bounceverb

To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results.

Bounceverb

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.

Bounceverb

To bully; to scold.

Bounceverb

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

Bounceverb

(archaic) To boast; to bluster.

Bouncenoun

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

Bouncenoun

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

Bouncenoun

An email return with any error.

Bouncenoun

The sack, licensing.

Bouncenoun

A bang, boom.

Bouncenoun

A drink based on brandyW.

Bouncenoun

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

Bouncenoun

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

Bouncenoun

Scyllium catulus, a European dogfish.

Bouncenoun

A genre of New Orleans music.

Bouncenoun

Drugs.

Bouncenoun

Swagger.

Bouncenoun

A 'good' beat.

Bouncenoun

A talent for leaping.

Bounceverb

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

Bounceverb

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

Bounceverb

To boast; to talk big; to bluster.

Bounceverb

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

Bounceverb

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

Bounceverb

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

Bounceverb

To bully; to scold.

Bouncenoun

A sudden leap or bound; a rebound.

Bouncenoun

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

Bouncenoun

An explosion, or the noise of one.

Bouncenoun

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

Bouncenoun

A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus).

Bounceadverb

With a sudden leap; suddenly.

Bouncenoun

the quality of a substance that is able to rebound

Bouncenoun

a light springing movement upwards or forwards

Bouncenoun

rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)

Bounceverb

spring back; spring away from an impact;

Bounceverb

hit something so that it bounces;

Bounceverb

move up and down repeatedly

Bounceverb

come back after being refused;

Bounceverb

leap suddenly;

Bounceverb

refuse to accept and send back;

Bounceverb

eject from the premises;

Bounceverb

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

Bounceverb

(of light, sound, or an electronic signal) come into contact with an object or surface and be reflected back

Bounceverb

(of an email) be returned to its sender after failing to reach its destination

Bounceverb

recover well after a setback or problem

Bounceverb

come into sudden forceful contact with; collide with

Bounceverb

jump repeatedly up and down, typically on something springy

Bounceverb

move up and down repeatedly

Bounceverb

cause (a child) to move lightly up and down on one's knee as a game

Bounceverb

(of a vehicle) move jerkily along a bumpy surface

Bounceverb

move in a particular direction in an energetic, happy, or enthusiastic manner

Bounceverb

(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

Bounceverb

(of a bank) return a cheque to the payee when there are not enough funds in the drawer's account to meet it

Bounceverb

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

Bounceverb

dismiss (someone) from a job

Bounceverb

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

Bouncenoun

a rebound of a ball or other object

Bouncenoun

the ability of a surface to make a ball rebound in a specified way

Bouncenoun

a collision.

Bouncenoun

an act of jumping or of moving up and down jerkily

Bouncenoun

a sudden rise in the level of something

Bouncenoun

exuberant self-confidence

Bouncenoun

health and body in a person's hair

Boundverb

simple past tense and past participle of bind

Boundverb

To surround a territory or other geographical entity.

Boundverb

(mathematics) To be the boundary of.

Boundverb

(intransitive) To leap, move by jumping.

Boundverb

(transitive) To cause to leap.

Boundverb

To rebound; to bounce.

Boundverb

To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; to bounce.

Boundadjective

(with infinitive) Obliged (to).

Boundadjective

(with infinitive) Very likely (to), certain to

Boundadjective

That cannot stand alone as a free word.

Boundadjective

Constrained by a quantifier.

Boundadjective

(dated) Constipated; costive.

Boundadjective

Confined or restricted to a certain place; e.g. railbound.

Boundadjective

Unable to move in certain conditions; e.g. snowbound.

Boundadjective

(obsolete) Ready, prepared.

Boundadjective

Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).

Boundnoun

A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.

Boundnoun

(mathematics) A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.

Boundnoun

A sizeable jump, great leap.

Boundnoun

A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.

Boundnoun

(dated) A bounce; a rebound.

Boundnoun

The external or limiting line, either real or imaginary, of any object or space; that which limits or restrains, or within which something is limited or restrained; limit; confine; extent; boundary.

Boundnoun

A leap; an elastic spring; a jump.

Boundnoun

Rebound; as, the bound of a ball.

Boundnoun

Spring from one foot to the other.

Boundverb

To limit; to terminate; to fix the furthest point of extension of; - said of natural or of moral objects; to lie along, or form, a boundary of; to inclose; to circumscribe; to restrain; to confine.

Boundverb

To name the boundaries of; as, to bound France.

Boundverb

To move with a sudden spring or leap, or with a succession of springs or leaps; as the beast bounded from his den; the herd bounded across the plain.

Boundverb

To rebound, as an elastic ball.

Boundverb

To make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse.

Boundverb

To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; as, to bound a ball on the floor.

Bound

imp. & p. p. of Bind.

Boundadjective

Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like.

Boundadjective

Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume.

Boundadjective

Under legal or moral restraint or obligation.

Boundadjective

Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; - followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail.

Boundadjective

Resolved; as, I am bound to do it.

Boundadjective

Constipated; costive.

Boundadjective

Ready or intending to go; on the way toward; going; - with to or for, or with an adverb of motion; as, a ship is bound to Cadiz, or for Cadiz.

Boundnoun

a line determining the limits of an area

Boundnoun

the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something

Boundnoun

a light springing movement upwards or forwards

Boundverb

move forward by leaps and bounds;

Boundverb

form the boundary of; be contiguous to

Boundverb

place limits on (extent or access);

Boundverb

spring back; spring away from an impact;

Boundadjective

held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union

Boundadjective

confined by bonds;

Boundadjective

secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form;

Boundadjective

(usually followed by `to') governed by fate;

Boundadjective

covered or wrapped with a bandage;

Boundadjective

headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students';

Boundadjective

bound by an oath;

Boundadjective

bound by contract

Boundadjective

confined in the bowels;

Boundverb

walk or run with leaping strides

Boundverb

(of an object) rebound from a surface

Boundverb

form the boundary of; enclose

Boundverb

place within certain limits; restrict

Boundverb

past and past participle of bind

Boundnoun

a leaping movement towards or over something

Boundnoun

a territorial limit; a boundary

Boundnoun

a limitation or restriction on feeling or action

Boundnoun

a limiting value

Boundadjective

certain to be or to do or have something

Boundadjective

obliged by law, circumstances, or duty to do something

Boundadjective

restricted or confined to a specified place

Boundadjective

prevented from operating normally by the specified conditions

Boundadjective

(of a book) having a specified binding

Boundadjective

(of a grammatical element) occurring only in combination with another form.

Boundadjective

in Chomskyan linguistics, (of a reflexive, reciprocal, or other linguistic unit) dependent for its reference on another noun phrase in the same sentence.

Boundadjective

going or ready to go towards a specified place

Boundadjective

destined or very likely to have a specified experience