1. Verb
To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly.
2. Verb
To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound; as, she bounced into the room.
3. Verb
To boast; to talk big; to bluster.
4. Verb
To drive against anything suddenly and violently; to bump; to thump.
5. Verb
To cause to bound or rebound; sometimes, to toss.
6. Verb
To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.
7. Verb
To bully; to scold.
8. Noun
A sudden leap or bound; a rebound.
9. Noun
A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
10. Noun
An explosion, or the noise of one.
11. Noun
Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.
12. Noun
A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus).
13. Adverb
With a sudden leap; suddenly.
14. Noun
the quality of a substance that is able to rebound
Vocabulary classified under Economics
15. Noun
rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)
Vocabulary classified under Sociology
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