Definitions For Bounce

noun

  • A light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
  • The quality of a substance that is able to rebound
  • Rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)
  • The act or action of bouncing off the ground or another surface
  • The ability to move quickly in a different direction after hitting a surface : the ability to bounce
  • A quality that makes a person's hair look healthy, full, and attractive : a bouncy quality

verb

  • Hit something so that it bounces
  • Eject from the premises
  • Spring back; spring away from an impact
  • Move up and down repeatedly
  • Leap suddenly
  • Refuse to accept and send back
  • Come back after being refused
  • To cause (a ball, rock, etc.) to hit against a surface and quickly move in a different and usually opposite direction
  • To move in one direction, hit a surface (such as a wall or the floor), and then quickly move in a different and usually opposite direction
  • To move with a lot of energy and excitement

Is Bounces a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
11
Words with Friends
15

The word Bounce is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Bounce in a Sentence

  • He was bouncing a tennis ball against the garage door.
  • Bouncing the ball back and forth
  • The children love to bounce on the bed.
  • The ball took a high bounce over the shortstop's head.
  • He caught the ball on the first bounce.
  • A basketball that has lost all its bounce

Synonyms for Bounce

Antonyms for Bounces

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