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Bob (verb)
To cut (hair) into a bob haircut.
“I got my hair bobbed. How do you like it?”
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Bob (verb)
To shorten by cutting; to dock; to crop
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Bob (verb)
Short form of bobsleigh
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Bob (verb)
To move gently and vertically, in either a single motion or repeatedly up and down, at or near the surface of a body of water, or similar medium.
“The cork bobbed gently in the calm water.”
“The ball, which we had thought lost, suddenly bobbed up out of the water.”
“The flowers were bobbing in the wind.”
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Bob (verb)
To move (something) as though it were bobbing in water.
“I bobbed my head under water and saw the goldfish.”
“bob one’s head (= to nod)”
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Bob (verb)
To curtsy.
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Bob (verb)
To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.
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Bob (noun)
A bobbing motion; a quick up and down movement.
“a bob of the head”
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Bob (noun)
A curtsy.
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Bob (noun)
A bobber.
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Bob (noun)
Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
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Bounce (verb)
To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
“The tennis ball bounced off the wall before coming to rest in the ditch.”
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Bounce (verb)
To move quickly up and then down, or vice versa, once or repeatedly.
“He bounces nervously on his chair.”
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Bounce (verb)
To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.
“He bounced the child on his knee.”
“The children were bouncing a ball against a wall.”
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Bounce (verb)
To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) somebody, in order to gain feedback.
“I’m meeting Bob later to bounce some ideas off him about the new product range.”
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Bounce (verb)
To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.
“She bounced happily into the room.”
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Bounce (verb)
To move rapidly (between).
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Bounce (verb)
To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.
“We can’t accept further checks from you, as your last one bounced.”
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Bounce (verb)
To fail to cover have sufficient funds for (a draft presented against one’s account).
“He tends to bounce a check or two toward the end of each month, before his payday.”
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Bounce (verb)
To leave.
“Let’s wrap this up, I gotta bounce.”
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Bounce (verb)
To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.
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Bounce (verb)
(sometimes employing the preposition with) To have sexual intercourse.
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Bounce (verb)
To attack unexpectedly.
“The squadron was bounced north of the town.”
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Bounce (verb)
To turn power off and back on; to reset
“See if it helps to bounce the router.”
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Bounce (verb)
To return undelivered.
“What’s your new email address? The old one bounces.”
“The girl in the bar told me her address was [email protected], but my mail to that address bounced back to me.”
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Bounce (verb)
To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum.
“The student pilot bounced several times during his landing.”
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Bounce (verb)
To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results.
“After the mid-air collision, his rig failed and he bounced. BSBD.”
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Bounce (verb)
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.
“Bounce tracks two and three to track four, then record the cowbell on track two.”
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Bounce (verb)
To bully; to scold.
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Bounce (verb)
To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; to knock loudly.
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Bounce (verb)
To boast; to bluster.
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Bounce (noun)
A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.
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Bounce (noun)
A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
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Bounce (noun)
An email return with any error.
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Bounce (noun)
The sack, licensing.
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Bounce (noun)
A bang, boom.
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Bounce (noun)
A drink based on brandyW.
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Bounce (noun)
A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
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Bounce (noun)
Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.
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Bounce (noun)
Scyllium catulus, a European dogfish.
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Bounce (noun)
A genre of New Orleans music.
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Bounce (noun)
Drugs.
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Bounce (noun)
Swagger.
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Bounce (noun)
A ‘good’ beat.
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Bounce (noun)
A leaping.
“Them pro-ballers got bounce!”
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Bounce (verb)
(with reference to an object, especially a ball) move quickly up, back, or away from a surface after hitting it
“he was bouncing the ball against the wall”
“the ball bounced away and he chased it”
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Bounce (verb)
(of light, sound, or an electronic signal) come into contact with an object or surface and be reflected back
“short sound waves bounce off even small objects”
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Bounce (verb)
(of an email) be returned to its sender after failing to reach its destination
“I tried to email him, but the message bounced”
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Bounce (verb)
recover well after a setback or problem
“the savings rate has already started to bounce back and is sure to rise further”
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Bounce (verb)
come into sudden forceful contact with; collide with
“people cross the road as slowly as possible, as if daring the cars to bounce them”
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Bounce (verb)
jump repeatedly up and down, typically on something springy
“Emma was happily bouncing up and down on the mattress”
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Bounce (verb)
move up and down repeatedly
“the gangplank bounced under his confident step”
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Bounce (verb)
cause (a child) to move lightly up and down on one’s knee as a game
“I remember how you used to bounce me on your knee”
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Bounce (verb)
(of a vehicle) move jerkily along a bumpy surface
“the car bounced down the narrow track”
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Bounce (verb)
move in a particular direction in an energetic, happy, or enthusiastic manner
“Linda bounced in through the open front door”
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Bounce (verb)
(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
“a further two cheques of £160 also bounced”
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Bounce (verb)
(of a bank) return a cheque to the payee when there are not enough funds in the drawer’s account to meet it
“the bank bounced the cheque”
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Bounce (verb)
eject (a troublemaker) forcibly from a nightclub or similar establishment.
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Bounce (verb)
dismiss (someone) from a job
“those who put in a dismal performance will be bounced from the tour”
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Bounce (verb)
pressurize (someone) into doing something, typically by presenting them with a fait accompli
“the government should beware being bounced into any ill-considered foreign gamble”
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Bounce (noun)
a rebound of a ball or other object
“the wicket was causing the occasional erratic bounce”
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Bounce (noun)
the ability of a surface to make a ball rebound in a specified way
“a pitch of low bounce”
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Bounce (noun)
a collision.
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Bounce (noun)
an act of jumping or of moving up and down jerkily
“every bounce of the truck brought them into fresh contact”
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Bounce (noun)
a sudden rise in the level of something
“economists agree that there could be a bounce in prices next year”
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Bounce (noun)
exuberant self-confidence
“the bounce was now back in Jenny’s step”
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Bounce (noun)
health and body in a person’s hair
“use conditioner to help hair regain its bounce”