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# bounce

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

«bounce» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To bounce means to hit a surface and spring back up or away, like a ball hitting the floor. [tree →](https://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://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bounce/#m4)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bounce/#x1)
- The kids bounced on the trampoline all afternoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bounce/#x2)
- She bounced the basketball three times before shooting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bounce/#x3)
- A tennis ball bounces higher than a ball of clay. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bounce/#x4)
- Tom was bouncing with excitement before the party. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bounce/#x5)
- Light bounces off a mirror. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bounce/#x6)
- The team bounced back after losing the first game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bounce/#x7)
- Each bounce was a bit lower than the one before. [tree →](https://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://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).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bounce» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bounce/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bounce» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bounce.html) on Mova free.