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.