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# bounce

«bounce» in Mova's school dictionary: **to hit a surface and spring back up or away, like a ball…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (bounce, bounces, bounced, bouncing); noun (a bounce, bounces)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To bounce means to hit a surface and spring back up or away, like a ball hitting the floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bounce/#m1)

2) To bounce also means to jump up and down again and again, like on a trampoline. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bounce/#m2)

3) A bounce is one spring back up, or the springy quality of something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bounce/#m3)

4) In computers, an email bounces when it comes back because it could not be delivered. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bounce/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In play and sports, balls bounce on the ground; in basketball you bounce the ball as you move (dribble). In science, a bouncy ball shows energy changing as it falls and springs back, and it bounces a little lower each time. In stories, children bounce with excitement. Phrases: bounce back (recover after a problem), bounce off, bounce up and down.

### examples

- The ball bounced off the wall and hit the window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bounce/#x1)
- The kids bounced on the trampoline all afternoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bounce/#x2)
- She bounced the basketball three times before shooting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bounce/#x3)
- A tennis ball bounces higher than a ball of clay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bounce/#x4)
- Tom was bouncing with excitement before the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bounce/#x5)
- Light bounces off a mirror. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bounce/#x6)
- The team bounced back after losing the first game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bounce/#x7)
- Each bounce was a bit lower than the one before. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bounce/#x8)
- I am weeping for my golden ball which bounced away from me into the water." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bounce/#x9)

### note

Regular verb: bounced, bouncing. «Bouncy» is the adjective. «Bounce back» means to get better after something bad. Trampolines are fun but one person at a time is safest. In maths problems about a bouncing ball, the height of each bounce is often a fraction of the height before (for example, half).

### In the corpora

- [Sifakas are lemurs built for leaping between trees, so on the ground they bounce sideways with their arms up, like dancers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/86-monkey-house-and-lemurs-of-madagascar/15/)
- [Sound waves bend around corners and bounce off walls; light travels in straight lines.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/20-noticing-like-a-cat/13/)
- [An echo is sound bounced back from a surface, and echoes can make a sound seem to come from the wrong place.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/20-noticing-like-a-cat/19/)
- [Three children in Colorado bounced on a trampoline at the same time; the smallest was thrown off sideways and broke her arm.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/18/)
- [It bounced onto the floor, the battery cover snapped off, and Theo had to tell his mum.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bounce» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bounce/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.