Bounce \Bounce\, v. t.

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

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

3. To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment. [Collog. U. S.]

4. To bully; to scold. [Collog.]

--J. Fletcher.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Bounce \Bounce\, n.

1. A sudden leap or bound; a rebound.

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

The bounce burst open the door. --Dryden.

3. An explosion, or the noise of one. [Obs.]

4. Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer. --Johnson. De Quincey.?

5. (Zo["o]l.) A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus).

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Bounce \Bounce\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bounced; p. pr. & vb. n. Bouncing.]

[OE. bunsen; cf. D. bonzen to strike, bounce, bons blow, LG. bunsen to knock; all prob. of imitative origin.]

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

Another bounces as hard as he can knock. --Swift.

Against his bosom bounced his heaving heart. --Dryden.

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

Out bounced the mastiff. --Swift.

Bounced off his arm+chair. --Thackeray.

3. To boast; to talk big; to bluster. [Obs.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Bounce \Bounce\, adv. With a sudden leap; suddenly.

This impudent puppy comes bounce in upon me. --Bickerstaff.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)