Bounce vs. Spring
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
Springverb
To jump or leap.
Springverb
To pass over by leaping.
Springverb
To produce or disclose unexpectedly, especially of surprises, traps, etc.
Springverb
(slang) To release or set free, especially from prison.
Springverb
To suddenly catch someone doing something illegal or against the rules.
Springverb
To come into being, often quickly or sharply.
Springverb
To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert.
Springverb
To cause to spring up; to start or rouse, as game; to cause to rise from the earth, or from a covert.
Springverb
(nautical) To crack or split; to bend or strain so as to weaken.
Springverb
To bend by force, as something stiff or strong; to force or put by bending, as a beam into its sockets, and allowing it to straighten when in place; often with in, out, etc.
Springverb
To issue with speed and violence; to move with activity; to dart; to shoot.
Springverb
To move suddenly when pressure is released.
Springverb
(intransitive) To bend from a straight direction or plane surface; to become warped.
Springverb
To shoot up, out, or forth; to come to the light; to begin to appear; to emerge, like a plant from its seed, a stream from its source, etc.; often followed by up, forth, or out.
Springverb
To issue or proceed, as from a parent or ancestor; to result, as from a cause, motive, reason, or principle.
Springverb
(obsolete) To grow; to prosper.
Springverb
To build (an arch).
Springverb
To sound (a rattle, such as a watchman's rattle).
Springnoun
A leap; a bound; a jump.
Springnoun
(countable) Traditionally the first of the four seasons of the year in temperate regions, in which plants spring from the ground and trees come into blossom, following winter and preceding summer.
Springnoun
(countable) Meteorologically, the months of March, April and May in the northern hemisphere or September, October and November in the southern.
Springnoun
(countable) The astronomically delineated period from the moment of vernal equinox, approximately March 21 in the northern hemisphere to the moment of the summer solstice, approximately June 21. (See Spring (season) for other variations.)
Springnoun
(countable) Spring tide; a tide of greater-than-average range, that is, around the first or third quarter of a lunar month, or around the times of the new or full moon.
Springnoun
(countable) A place where water or oil emerges from the ground.
Springnoun
(uncountable) The property of a body of springing to its original form after being compressed, stretched, etc.
Springnoun
Elastic power or force.
Springnoun
(countable) A mechanical device made of flexible or coiled material that exerts force when it is bent, compressed or stretched.
Springnoun
An erection of the penis.
Springnoun
(countable) The source of an action or of a supply.
Springnoun
Any active power; that by which action, or motion, is produced or propagated; cause; origin; motive.
Springnoun
That which springs, or is originated, from a source.
Springnoun
A race; lineage.
Springnoun
A youth; a springald.
Springnoun
A shoot; a plant; a young tree; also, a grove of trees; woodland.
Springnoun
(obsolete) That which causes one to spring; specifically, a lively tune.
Springnoun
The time of growth and progress; early portion; first stage.
Springnoun
A rope attaching the bow of a vessel to the stern-side of the jetty, or vice versa, to stop the vessel from surging.
Springnoun
(nautical) A line led from a vessel's quarter to her cable so that by tightening or slacking it she can be made to lie in any desired position; a line led diagonally from the bow or stern of a vessel to some point upon the wharf to which she is moored.
Springnoun
(nautical) A crack or fissure in a mast or yard, running obliquely or transversely.
Springverb
To leap; to bound; to jump.
Springverb
To issue with speed and violence; to move with activity; to dart; to shoot.
Springverb
To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert.
Springverb
To fly back; as, a bow, when bent, springs back by its elastic power.
Springverb
To bend from a straight direction or plane surface; to become warped; as, a piece of timber, or a plank, sometimes springs in seasoning.
Springverb
To shoot up, out, or forth; to come to the light; to begin to appear; to emerge; as a plant from its seed, as streams from their source, and the like; - often followed by up, forth, or out.
Springverb
To issue or proceed, as from a parent or ancestor; to result, as from a cause, motive, reason, or principle.
Springverb
To grow; to thrive; to prosper.
Springverb
To cause to spring up; to start or rouse, as game; to cause to rise from the earth, or from a covert; as, to spring a pheasant.
Springverb
To produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly; as, to spring a surprise on someone; to spring a joke.
Springverb
To cause to explode; as, to spring a mine.
Springverb
To crack or split; to bend or strain so as to weaken; as, to spring a mast or a yard.
Springverb
To cause to close suddenly, as the parts of a trap operated by a spring; as, to spring a trap.
Springverb
To bend by force, as something stiff or strong; to force or put by bending, as a beam into its sockets, and allowing it to straighten when in place; - often with in, out, etc.; as, to spring in a slat or a bar.
Springverb
To pass over by leaping; as, to spring a fence.
Springverb
To release (a person) from confinement, especially from a prison.
Springnoun
A leap; a bound; a jump.
Springnoun
A flying back; the resilience of a body recovering its former state by its elasticity; as, the spring of a bow.
Springnoun
Elastic power or force.
Springnoun
An elastic body of any kind, as steel, India rubber, tough wood, or compressed air, used for various mechanical purposes, as receiving and imparting power, diminishing concussion, regulating motion, measuring weight or other force.
Springnoun
Any source of supply; especially, the source from which a stream proceeds; an issue of water from the earth; a natural fountain.
Springnoun
Any active power; that by which action, or motion, is produced or propagated; cause; origin; motive.
Springnoun
That which springs, or is originated, from a source;
Springnoun
That which causes one to spring; specifically, a lively tune.
Springnoun
The season of the year when plants begin to vegetate and grow; the vernal season, usually comprehending the months of March, April, and May, in the middle latitudes north of the equator.
Springnoun
The time of growth and progress; early portion; first stage; as, the spring of life.
Springnoun
A crack or fissure in a mast or yard, running obliquely or transversely.
Springnoun
the season of growth;
Springnoun
a natural flow of ground water
Springnoun
a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed;
Springnoun
a light springing movement upwards or forwards
Springnoun
the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
Springnoun
a point at which water issues forth
Springverb
move forward by leaps and bounds;
Springverb
develop into a distinctive entity;
Springverb
spring back; spring away from an impact;
Springverb
produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly;
Springverb
develop suddenly;
Springverb
produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly;
