bounces: Bedeutung und Definitionen

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Was heißt bounces?

Was heißt bounces?

  • To rebound after having struck an object or a surface.
  • To move jerkily; bump: The car bounced over the potholes.
  • To bound: children bouncing into the room.
  • To be sent back by a bank as valueless: a check that bounced.
  • Computers To be sent back by a mail server as undeliverable: That e-mail bounced because I used "com" instead of "net."
  • Baseball To hit a ground ball to an infielder: The batter bounced out to the shortstop.
  • To cause to strike an object or a surface and rebound: bounce a ball on the sidewalk.
  • To present or propose for comment or approval. Often used with off: bounced a few ideas off my boss.
  • Slang To expel by force: bounced him from the bar. To dismiss from employment. See Synonyms at dismiss.
  • To write (a check) on an overdrawn bank account.
  • A rebound, as of a ball from the ground. A sudden bound or upward movement: The bike went over the rock with a bounce. The capacity to rebound; spring: a ball with bounce. A sudden increase: got a bounce in the polls.
  • Cheerfulness or liveliness:"He had managed to recover much of his bounce and spirit"(Paul Auster).
  • Slang Expulsion; dismissal: was given the bounce from the job.
  • Chiefly British Loud, arrogant speech; bluster.

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