v. i. - To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly.
v. i. - To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound; as, she bounced into the room.
v. i. - To boast; to talk big; to bluster.
v. t. - To drive against anything suddenly and violently; to bump; to thump.
v. t. - To cause to bound or rebound; sometimes, to toss.
v. t. - To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.
v. t. - To bully; to scold.
n. - A sudden leap or bound; a rebound.
n. - A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
n. - An explosion, or the noise of one.
n. - Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.
n. - A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus).
adv. - With a sudden leap; suddenly.