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Definition of bounce noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bounce

noun
 
/baʊns/
 
/baʊns/
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    movement

  1. [countable] the action of bouncing
    • one bounce of the ball
    • (North American English) a bounce (= increase) in popularity
  2. [uncountable] the ability to bounce or to make something bounce
    • There's not much bounce left in these balls.
    • Players complained about the uneven bounce of the tennis court.
    3.

    energy

  3. [uncountable, countable] the energy that a person has
    • All her old bounce was back.
    • There was a bounce to his step.
    4.

    of hair

  4. [uncountable] 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
    Topics Appearancec2
    5. Word OriginMiddle English bunsen ‘beat, thump’, perhaps imitative, or from Low German bunsen ‘beat’, Dutch bons ‘a thump’.
Idioms
on the bounce
  1. (British English, informal) one after the other, without anything else coming between
    • We've won six matches on the bounce.
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