bounce

US: /ˈbaʊns/
UK: /bˈa‍ʊns/


English Vietnamese dictionary


bounce /'bauns/
  • danh từ
    • sự nảy lên, sự bật lên
    • sự khoe khoang khoác lác
    • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) sự đuổi ra, sự tống cổ ra, sự thải hồi
      • to get the bounce: bị tống cổ ra, bị thải hồi
  • nội động từ
    • nảy lên
      • the ball bounced over the wall: quả bóng nảy qua tường
    • nhảy vụt ra
      • to bounce out of some place: nhảy vụt ra khỏi nơi nào
    • huênh hoang khoác lác, khoe khoang; vênh váo
    • (hàng không) nhún lên nhún xuống (lúc hạ cánh xuống đất)
    • (từ lóng) bị trả về cho người ký vì không có tài khoản (séc)
    • ngoại động từ
      • dồn ép (ai làm việc gì); đánh lừa (ai) làm gì
        • to bounce someone out of something: đánh lừa ai lấy cái gì
        • to bounce someone into doing something: dồn ép ai làm gì
      • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) đuổi ra, tống cổ ra, thải hồi (ai)
      • phó từ
        • thình lình, bất chợt, vụt
          • to come bounce into the room: chạy vụt vào phòng
        • ầm ĩ, ồn ào

      Advanced English dictionary


      verb, noun
      + verb
      move off surface
      1 if sth bounces or you bounce it, it moves quickly away from a surface it has just hit or you make it do this: [V] The ball bounced twice before he could reach it. + Short sound waves bounce off even small objects. + The light bounced off the river and dazzled her. + [VN] She bounced the ball against the wall.
      move up and down noun
      2 [V] (of a person) to jump up and down on sth: She bounced up and down excitedly on the bed.
      3 [VN] to move a child up and down while he or she is sitting on your knee in order to entertain him or her
      4 to move up and down; to move sth up and down: [V] Her hair bounced from side to side as she walked. [also VN]
      5 [V +adv./prep.] to move up and down in a particular direction: The bus bounced down the hill.
      move with energy
      6 [V +adv./prep.] (of a person) to move somewhere in a lively and cheerful way: He bounced across the room to greet them.
      cheque
      7 [V, VN] (informal) if a cheque bounces, or a bank bounces it, the bank refuses to accept it because there is not enough money in the account
      ideas
      8 [VN] ~ ideas (off sb) / (around) to tell sb your ideas in order to find out what they think about them: He bounced ideas off colleagues everywhere he went.
      computing
      9 [V, VN] ~ (sth) (back) if an e-mail bounces or the system bounces it, it returns to the person who sent it because the system cannot deliver it
      Phrasal Verbs: bounce back to become healthy, successful or confident again after being ill/sick or having difficulties
      Synonym: RECOVER
      He's had a lot of problems, but he always seems to bounce back pretty quickly.
      bounce sb into sth (BrE) to make sb do sth without giving them enough time to think about it
      + noun
      movement
      1 [C] the action of bouncing: one bounce of the ball + (AmE) a bounce (= increase) in popularity
      2 [U] the ability to bounce or to make sth bounce: There's not much bounce left in these balls. + Players complained about the uneven bounce of the tennis court.
      energy
      3 [U, C] the energy that a person has: All her old bounce was back. + There was a bounce to his step which I hadn't seen before.
      of hair
      4 [U] the quality in a person's hair that shows that it is in good condition and means that it does not lie flat: thin fine hair, lacking in bounce

      Thesaurus dictionary


      n.
      1 bound, leap, hop, recoil, ricochet, rebound:
      The ball took a bad bounce and the infielder missed it.
      2 vitality, energy, verve, zest, vivacity, liveliness, animation, dynamism, life, Colloq pep, zip, go, get-up-and-go:
      Betty has so much bounce, she is a bit tiring to have around.
      v.
      3 bound, rebound, hop; recoil, ricochet:
      The ball bounced over the wall and into the river.

      Collocation dictionary


      ADV.

      high
      The ball bounced high and she missed it.
      | back, off
      The stone hit the window but bounced off.

      PREP.

      against, down, into, off, on, towards
      Short sound waves bounce off even small objects.


      Concise English dictionary


      bounces|bounced|bouncingbaʊns
      noun
      +the quality of a substance that is able to rebound
      +a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
      +rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)
      verb
      +spring back; spring away from an impact
      +hit something so that it bounces
      +move up and down repeatedly
      +come back after being refused
      +leap suddenly
      +refuse to accept and send back
      +eject from the premises