bounceth

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
   • The tennis ball bounced off the wall before coming to rest in the ditch.

   Synonyms:

   bounce back, rebound

2. (intransitive) To move quickly up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
   • He bounces nervously on his chair.

   Synonyms:

   bob

3. (transitive) To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.
   • He bounced the child on his knee.
4. (colloquial, transitive) To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) someone, in order to gain feedback.
   • I'm meeting Bob later to bounce some ideas off him about the new product range.
5. (intransitive) To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.
   • She bounced happily into the room.
6. To move rapidly (between).
   • “The Queen’s Justice” had some fantastic moments of wit and heart but the structure and pacing didn’t do it any favors. The first section of the episode mostly bounced between Jon Snow’s arrival at Dragonstone and Cersei Lannister burning through her enemies and giving nary a fuck.2017 July 30, Ali Barthwell, “Ice and fire finally meet in a front-loaded episode of Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club

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