bounce around

phrasal 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

While numbers have bounced around since (not least because the debt is now primarily held in U.S. dollars and subject to currency fluctuations), United are still over half a billion pounds in debt. —Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 May 2025

Another angle is to bounce around ideas with the AI, inspiring you to actually come up with the ideas via sparring with your AI partner. —Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025

Hartley has bounced around the league over the last decade, appearing in multiple seasons with the Mystics, New York Liberty and Phoenix Mercury between 2014-21. —Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 11 May 2025

Book’s bounced around, spending time in New England, Kansas City and Philadelphia. —Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 9 May 2025

Rhymes for bounce around

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