Dictionary entry

Bounce (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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).