Bounced

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bounce \Bounce\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bounced}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Bouncing}.] [OE. bunsen; cf. D. bonzen to strike, bounce,
     bons blow, LG. bunsen to knock; all prob. of imitative
     origin.]
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     1. To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden


        noise; a knock loudly.
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              Another bounces as hard as he can knock. --Swift.
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              Against his bosom bounced his heaving heart.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     2. To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound;
        as, she bounced into the room.
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              Out bounced the mastiff.              --Swift.
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              Bounced off his arm+chair.            --Thackeray.
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     3. To boast; to talk big; to bluster. [Obs.]
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