Bounce vs. Carom
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
Caromnoun
A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball.
Caromnoun
(uncountable) A billiard-like Indian game in which players take turns flicking checker-like pieces into one of four goals on the corners of (one meter by one meter square) board.
Caromverb
(intransitive) To make a carom shot in billiards.
Caromverb
To strike and bounce back; to strike (something) and rebound.
Caromnoun
A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball. In England it is called cannon.
Caromverb
To make a carom.
Caromnoun
a glancing rebound
Caromnoun
a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
Caromverb
rebound after hitting;
Caromverb
make a carom
