bounce

«bounce» in Mova's school dictionary: to hit a surface and spring back up or away, like a ball… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (bounce, bounces, bounced, bouncing); noun (a bounce, bounces)

meaning for a pupil

1) To bounce means to hit a surface and spring back up or away, like a ball hitting the floor. tree →

2) To bounce also means to jump up and down again and again, like on a trampoline. tree →

3) A bounce is one spring back up, or the springy quality of something. tree →

4) In computers, an email bounces when it comes back because it could not be delivered. tree →

sense in the lessons

In play and sports, balls bounce on the ground; in basketball you bounce the ball as you move (dribble). In science, a bouncy ball shows energy changing as it falls and springs back, and it bounces a little lower each time. In stories, children bounce with excitement. Phrases: bounce back (recover after a problem), bounce off, bounce up and down.

examples

• The ball bounced off the wall and hit the window. tree →
• The kids bounced on the trampoline all afternoon. tree →
• She bounced the basketball three times before shooting. tree →
• A tennis ball bounces higher than a ball of clay. tree →
• Tom was bouncing with excitement before the party. tree →
• Light bounces off a mirror. tree →
• The team bounced back after losing the first game. tree →
• Each bounce was a bit lower than the one before. tree →
• I am weeping for my golden ball which bounced away from me into the water." tree →

note

Regular verb: bounced, bouncing. «Bouncy» is the adjective. «Bounce back» means to get better after something bad. Trampolines are fun but one person at a time is safest. In maths problems about a bouncing ball, the height of each bounce is often a fraction of the height before (for example, half).

In the corpora

• Sifakas are lemurs built for leaping between trees, so on the ground they bounce sideways with their arms up, like dancers.
• Sound waves bend around corners and bounce off walls; light travels in straight lines.
• An echo is sound bounced back from a surface, and echoes can make a sound seem to come from the wrong place.
• Three children in Colorado bounced on a trampoline at the same time; the smallest was thrown off sideways and broke her arm.
• It bounced onto the floor, the battery cover snapped off, and Theo had to tell his mum.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bounce» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.