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bounce in

bounce in verb: to appear suddenly and with hostility.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, slang) To appear suddenly and with hostility.
    • I stopped when the cops bounced in on me.

Forms of bounce in

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

Questions about bounce in

What does bounce in mean?
Bounce in means to appear suddenly and with hostility.
What part of speech is bounce in?
Bounce in is a verb.
What is the past tense of bounce in?
The past tense of bounce in is bounced in.

Words near bounce in in the dictionary

  1. bounce around
  2. bounce back
  3. bounce backs
  4. bounce house
  5. bounce houses
  6. bounce in
  7. bounce into
  8. bounce off
  9. bounce off the walls
  10. bounce on it
  11. bounce rate

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