to bounce

Examples

• All

• You try that again and I'll bounce you off the floor.

  Cool Hand Luke (1967)

• Times turn hard, they bounce you out of this job.

  Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)

• Take that thing you came with and bounce out.

  Tyler Perry's A Madea Homecoming (2022)

• How long do you guess it will take them to bounce you out?

  Fiction book (1997)

• It's time for you to bounce.

  Red Rocket (2021)

• I'm thinking about bouncing out of this joint.

  Northwood Pie (2019)

• He's afraid if anyone finds out, he'll get bounced out of the Corps with a medical discharge.

  Fiction book (1999)

• The bouncer told the rowdy patrons to leave, saying they needed to bounce before things got worse.

• If you keep causing trouble, I'll have to bounce you out of here.

• After the fight broke out, the security staff started to bounce the offenders swiftly.

Synonyms

B

to boot out

vsto bounce

• Informal

15 5.8

Force someone to leave a job or organization suddenly

is used mainly when clearing people from clubs or bars rather than jobs

C

to chase off

vsto bounce

6 3.3

Make someone or something leave a place by running after and frightening them

is the act of formally forcing people out of venues rather than scaring them away

S

to send someone packing

vsto bounce

• Informal

4 7.9

Make someone leave quickly and forcefully

is used more for removing people from public venues than dismissing generally

K

to kick-out

vsto bounce

1 4.0

To force someone to leave a place, group or job

is used mainly for removing people from venues like bars or clubs

R

to rout out

vsto bounce

1 7.1

To force someone or something out of a place by searching

is used mainly for ejecting patrons from entertainment venues rather than by searching

Antonyms

A

to admit

188 1.6

Allow someone to enter a place

Idioms

O

on the bounce

• UK

1 7.4

Just after something hits the ground and comes back up, or immediately without delay

G

to give the bounce

• UK

9.7

End someone's job or relationship suddenly and without warning

Phrasal Verbs

B

to bounce back

60 3.5

Get better quickly after an illness, problem, or setback

B

to bounce off

33 3.4

To hit a surface and move away from it

B

to bounce ideas off

• Informal

8 3.9

To tell someone your ideas to get their feedback and suggestions

B

to bounce around

• Informal

1 3.9

Discuss ideas informally with other people

B

to bounce on

• Informal

7.2

Act quickly to take an opportunity before others do

Compounds

B

bounce-back

3 3.0

The movement of a ball or object after it hits a surface and comes back

B

bounce-back

1 3.4

A quick recovery after a setback

B

bounce-back

1 4.3

Showing quick recovery after a setback

B

bounce-back

• Texting

1 3.7

An automatic message that tells the sender their email was not delivered

D

dead cat bounce

• Jargon

1 9.3

A short rise in price after a long fall that then goes down again

How Forceful

to expel

194 5.0

to eject

32 4.2

to bounce

• Informal

49 7.0

to throw out

236 3.0

to show someone the door

• Informal

5 6.4

to escort

287 4.0

Surface Forms

Etymology