bounce

²bounce

noun

Definition of BOUNCE

1

a : a sudden leap or bound b : rebound

2

: bluster

3

: verve, liveliness

Examples of BOUNCE

1. The ball took a high bounce over the shortstop's head.
2. He caught the ball on the first bounce.
3. a basketball that has lost all its bounce
4. The shampoo promises to give limp hair lots of bounce.
5. After the debates, she enjoyed a big bounce in the election polls.

First Known Use of BOUNCE

1523

Related to BOUNCE

Synonyms: beans, vigor, brio, dash, drive, dynamism, energy, esprit, gas, get-up-and-go, ginger, go, gusto, hardihood, juice, life, moxie, oomph, pep, punch, sap, snap, starch, verve, vim, vinegar, vitality, zing, zip

Antonyms: lethargy, listlessness, sluggishness, torpidity

Related Words: animal spirits, animation, briskness, jauntiness, liveliness, snappiness, spirit, spiritedness, sprightliness, spunk, spunkiness, vibrance, vibrancy, vivaciousness, vivacity; ardor, élan, fervor, fire, passion, zeal; main, metal, mettle, might, muscle, potency, power, puissance, stamina, strength; brawniness, fitness, hardiness, huskiness, sturdiness, virility; health, healthiness, soundness, verdure, wellness

Near Antonyms: indolence, laziness; debilitation, debility, delicacy, disablement, enfeeblement, faintness, feebleness, frailness, frailty, impotence, impotency, infirmity, powerlessness, puniness, slightness, softness, tenderness, weakness; enervation, exhaustion, inanition, prostration

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Rhymes with BOUNCE

flounce, jounce, ounce, pounce