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bounce around

bounce around verb: to discuss or brainstorm (ideas) on a topic.

Verb

bounce around (third-person singular simple present bounces around, present participle bouncing around, simple past and past participle bounced around)

  1. (transitive) To discuss or brainstorm (ideas) on a topic.
    • We bounced around some suggestions in-house and then workshopped the best ones afterward.
    • We bounced some ideas around but didn't take it any further.
  2. (intransitive) Synonym of jump around.
    Synonyms:
    jump around
  3. (figuratively, intransitive) To switch between jobs, locations and other situations often.
    • He was a grinder operator for years. He bounced around for a while because the small shops kept going under.

Synonyms of bounce around

Forms of bounce around

third-person singular presentbounces around
present participlebouncing around
past participlebounced around
pastbounced around

Questions about bounce around

What does bounce around mean?
Bounce around means to discuss or brainstorm (ideas) on a topic.
What part of speech is bounce around?
Bounce around is a verb.
What is the past tense of bounce around?
The past tense of bounce around is bounced around.

Words near bounce around in the dictionary

  1. Boumerdès
  2. Boumphrey
  3. boun
  4. bouncable
  5. bounce
  6. bounce around
  7. bounce back
  8. bounce backs
  9. bounce house
  10. bounce houses
  11. bounce in

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