bounce around

verb

bounced around; bouncing around; bounces around

informal

: to talk about (something, such as an idea) in an informal way in order to get different opinions about it

We were bouncing some ideas around for the design of the book's cover.

They bounced around some plot ideas for a new play.

Examples of bounce around in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The original parchment was rolled up and stored in the office of the secretary of the Continental Congress, but was then moved around a fair amount during the war—bouncing around towns and cities in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and New Jersey before ending up, in 1785, in New York. —Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 4 May 2026

It's bounced around a little bit for the last six months. —CBS News, 4 May 2026

Andrew Chafin, a lefty who has bounced around to eight teams, has given Kwan fits, too. —Zack Meisel, New York Times, 4 May 2026

And, really, a good portion of those misses were shooter’s luck or lack of it, balls that rolled or bounced around the rim and fell out rather than falling in. —Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for bounce around

• abound
• aground
• astound
• background
• campground
• clothbound
• confound
• earthbound
• eastbound
• expound
• fairground
• foreground