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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Bounce v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bounced p. pr. & vb. n. Bouncing ]
 1. To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly.
    Another bounces as hard as he can knock.   --Swift.
    Against his bosom bounced his heaving heart.   --Dryden.
 2. To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound; as, she bounced into the room.
    Out bounced the mastiff.   --Swift.
    Bounced off his arm+chair.   --Thackeray.
 3. To boast; to talk big; to bluster. [Obs.]