Bounce (�), n.
1. A sudden leap or bound; a rebound.
2. A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
The bounce burst open the door.
Dryden.
3. An explosion, or the noise of one.
4. Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer. Johnson. De Quincey.�
5. (Zoöl.) A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus).