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bounce
English
Etymology
From Middle English bunsen (“to beat, thump”), perhaps imitative. Compare Low German bunsen (“to beat”), Dutch bonzen (“to thump, knock, throb”), and akin to bonken (“to bang, smash”), and possibly English bang.
Pronunciation
- enPR: bouns, IPA(key): /ba?ns/
- Rhymes: -a?ns
Verb
bounce (third-person singular simple present bounces, present participle bouncing, simple past and past participle bounced)
- (intransitive) To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
- The tennis ball bounced off the wall before coming to rest in the ditch.
- (intransitive) To move quickly up and then down, or vice versa, once or repeatedly.
- He bounces nervously on his chair.
- (transitive) To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.
- He bounced the child on his knee.
- The children were bouncing a ball against a wall.
- (transitive, colloquial) To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) somebody, in order to gain feedback.
- I'm meeting Bob later to bounce some ideas off him about the new product range.
- (intransitive) To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.
- She bounced happily into the room.
- 1731, Jonathan Swift, On Mr. Pulteney's Being Put Out of the Council
- Out bounced the mastiff.
- To move rapidly (between).
- (intransitive, informal, of a cheque/check) To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.
- We can’t accept further checks from you, as your last one bounced.
- (transitive, informal) To fail to cover (have sufficient funds for) (a draft presented against one's account).
- He tends to bounce a check or two toward the end of each month, before his payday.
- (intransitive, slang) To leave.
- Let’s wrap this up, I gotta bounce.
- (US, slang, dated) To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.
- 1946, Yachting (volume 80, page 46)
- Nobody took umbrage and bounced me out of the Union for being a pro.
- 1946, Yachting (volume 80, page 46)
- (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) (sometimes employing the preposition with) To have sexual intercourse.
- (transitive, air combat) To attack unexpectedly.
- The squadron was bounced north of the town.
- (intransitive, electronics) To turn power off and back on; to reset.
- See if it helps to bounce the router.
- (intransitive, Internet, of an e-mail message) To return undelivered.
- What’s your new email address? The old one bounces.
- The girl in the bar told me her address was [email protected], but my mail to that address bounced back to me.
- (intransitive, aviation) To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum.
- The student pilot bounced several times during his landing.
- (intransitive, skydiving) To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results.
- After the mid-air collision, his rig failed and he bounced.
- (transitive, sound recording) To mix (two or more tracks of a multi-track audio tape recording) and record the result onto a single track, in order to free up tracks for further material to be added.
- Bounce tracks two and three to track four, then record the cowbell on track two.
- (slang, archaic) To bully; to scold.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of J. Fletcher to this entry?)
- (slang, archaic) To boast; to bluster.
- (archaic) To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; to knock loudly.
- 1708, John Partridge, Squire Bickerstaff Detected
- Another bounces as hard as he can knock.
- 1708, John Partridge, Squire Bickerstaff Detected
Synonyms
- (change direction of motion after hitting an obstacle): bounce back, rebound
- (move quickly up and down): bob
- (have sexual intercourse): bang, do it, have sex; see also Thesaurus:copulate
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
bounce (countable and uncountable, plural bounces)
- A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.
- A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
- (Internet) An email that returns to the sender because of a delivery failure.
- The sack, licensing.
- A bang, boom.
- 1773, Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer
- I don't value her resentment the bounce of a cracker.
- 1773, Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer
- (archaic) A drink based on brandyW.
- (archaic) A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
- 1685, John Dryden, The Despairing Lover
- The bounce burst ope[sic] the door.
- 1685, John Dryden, The Despairing Lover
- (archaic) Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of De Quincey to this entry?)
- Scyliorhinus canicula, a European dogfish.
- A genre of New Orleans music.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) Drugs.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) Swagger.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) A 'good' beat.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) A talent for leaping.
Synonyms
- (change of direction of motion after hitting an obstacle): rebound
- (movement up and down): bob, bobbing (repeated), bouncing (repeated)
- (talent for leaping): ups, mad ups
Derived terms
- bouncy
- on the bounce
Translations
References
bounce From the web:
- what bounces
- what bounce for wedges
- what bounce for 60 degree wedge
- what bounce do pros use
- what bounce for 56 wedge
- what bounces back
- what bounce for lob wedge
- what bounce rate is good
earthquake
English
Etymology
From Middle English erthequake, erd-quake, corresponding to earth +? quake. Compare similar formations in eorþbeofung (“earthquake”, literally “earth-shaking”), eorþdyne (“earthquake”, literally “earth-din”), eorþstyring (“earthquake”, literally “earth-stirring”), eorþhr?rness (“earthquake”, literally “earth-stirring”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /????kwe?k/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???kwe?k/
Noun
earthquake (plural earthquakes)
- A shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults. [from 14th c.]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.2:
- Her alablaster brest she soft did kis, / Which all that while shee felt to pant and quake, / As it an Earth-quake were: at last she thus bespake.
- 2006, Declan Walsh, The Guardian, 6 Oct 2006:
- Last year's earthquake crushed his house, his livelihood and very nearly his leg, he said, pointing to a plastered limb that refuses to heal.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.2:
- (planetary geology) Such a quake specifically occurring on the planet Earth, as opposed to other celestial bodies. [from 20th c.]
- 1988, Jürgen Oberst and Yosio Nakamura, “A seismic risk for the lunar base” in The Second Conference on Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century, Vol. 1, p. 231-233, NASA:
- Since the response of some man-made structures to the ground motion near the epicenter is highly dependent on frequency, a significant difference in potential damage to the structures is expected between earthquakes and moonquakes.
- 1988, Jürgen Oberst and Yosio Nakamura, “A seismic risk for the lunar base” in The Second Conference on Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century, Vol. 1, p. 231-233, NASA:
Synonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- moonquake
- seaquake
- starquake
Translations
Verb
earthquake (third-person singular simple present earthquakes, present participle earthquaking, simple past and past participle earthquaked)
- (intransitive) To undergo an earthquake.
- 1993, Gyeorgos C. Hatonn, The Best of Times: The Worst of Times (page 129)
- Watch the Philippines very closely for the next little while. There is rumbling and earthquaking deep within Pinatubo and increased earthquaking within Mayon.
- 1993, Gyeorgos C. Hatonn, The Best of Times: The Worst of Times (page 129)
See also
- aftershock
- earthquake engineering
- fault line
- Richter scale
- seismic
- seismograph
- seismologist
- seismology
- tremor
- tsunami
Further reading
- earthquake on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Tectonic hazards/Earthquake on Wikiversity.Wikiversity
- Category:Animations of earthquake impact on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
- heartquake
Scots
Alternative forms
- yirthquake, yearthquawk
Noun
earthquake (plural earthquakes)
- earthquake
- Synonym: yirdquauk
earthquake From the web:
- what earthquake waves travel the fastest
- what earthquake happened in 1906
- what earthquake caused the most damage
- what earthquakes happened today
- what earthquake killed the most
- what earthquake scale is used today
- what earthquake can you feel
- what earthquake just happened
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