[
  {
    "word": "bounce",
    "phonetic": "/ba\u028ans/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/ba\u028ans/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/bounce-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1161598",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An email return with any error.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The sack, licensing.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A bang, boom.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A drink based on brandyW.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Scyliorhinus canicula, a European dogfish.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A genre of New Orleans music.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Drugs.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Swagger.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A 'good' beat.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A talent for leaping.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Them pro-ballers got bounce!"
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "rebound",
          "bob",
          "bobbing",
          "bouncing",
          "mad ups",
          "ups"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The tennis ball bounced off the wall before coming to rest in the ditch."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To move quickly up and then down, or vice versa, once or repeatedly.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He bounces nervously on his chair."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He bounced the child on his knee."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) somebody, in order to gain feedback.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I'm meeting Bob later to bounce some ideas off him about the new product range."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "She bounced happily into the room."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To move rapidly (between).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(of a cheque/check) To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "We can\u2019t accept further checks from you, as your last one bounced."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To fail to cover (have sufficient funds for) (a draft presented against one's account).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He tends to bounce a check or two toward the end of each month, before his payday."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To leave.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Let\u2019s wrap this up, I gotta bounce."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(sometimes employing the preposition with) To have sexual intercourse.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(air combat) To attack unexpectedly.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The squadron was bounced north of the town."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To turn power off and back on; to reset",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "See if it helps to bounce the router."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(of an e-mail message or address) To return undelivered.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The girl in the bar told me her address was thirsty@example.com, but my mail to that address bounced back to me."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The student pilot bounced several times during his landing."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(skydiving) To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "After the mid-air collision, his rig failed and he bounced. BSBD."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(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.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Bounce tracks two and three to track four, then record the cowbell on track two."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To bully; to scold.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; to knock loudly.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To boast; to bluster.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "bounce back",
          "rebound",
          "bang",
          "do it",
          "have sex",
          "bob"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bounce"
    ]
  }
]