bounce

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• intransitive verb To rebound after having struck an object or a surface.
• intransitive verb To move jerkily; bump.
• intransitive verb To bound.
• intransitive verb To be sent back by a bank as valueless.
• intransitive verb Computers To be sent back by a mail server as undeliverable.
• intransitive verb Baseball To hit a ground ball to an infielder.
• intransitive verb To cause to strike an object or a surface and rebound.
• intransitive verb To present or propose for comment or approval. Often used with off:
• intransitive verb To expel by force.
• intransitive verb To dismiss from employment. synonym: dismiss.
• intransitive verb To write (a check) on an overdrawn bank account.
• noun A rebound, as of a ball from the ground.
• noun A sudden bound or upward movement.
• noun The capacity to rebound; spring.
• noun A sudden increase.
• noun Cheerfulness or liveliness.
• noun Slang Expulsion; dismissal.
• noun Chiefly British Loud, arrogant speech; bluster.

from The Century Dictionary.

• With a bounce; suddenly.
• To beat; thump; knock; bang.
• To cause to bound or spring: as, to bounce a ball.
• To eject or turn out without ceremony; expel vigorously; hence, to dismiss or discharge summarily, as from one's employment or post.
• To beat hard or thump, so as to make a sudden noise.
• To spring or leap against anything, so as to rebound; beat or thump by a spring; spring up with a rebound.
• To leap or spring; come or go unceremoniously.
• To boast or bluster; exaggerate; lie.
• noun A sudden spring or leap.
• noun A bound or rebound: as, you must strike the ball on the bounce.
• noun A heavy blow, thrust, or thump.
• noun A loud heavy sound, as of an explosion; a sudden crack or noise.
• noun A boast; a piece of brag or bluster; boastful language; exaggeration.
• noun A bold or impudent lie; a downright falsehood; a bouncer.
• noun Expulsion; discharge; dismissal.
• noun [Perhaps of diff. origin.] A local English name of the dogfish or shark, Scylliorhinus catulus.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• intransitive verb To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly.
• intransitive verb To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.
• intransitive verb obsolete To boast; to talk big; to bluster.
• transitive verb To drive against anything suddenly and violently; to bump; to thump.
• transitive verb To cause to bound or rebound; sometimes, to toss.
• transitive verb Collog. U. S. To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.
• transitive verb Collog. To bully; to scold.
• noun A sudden leap or bound; a rebound.
• noun A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
• noun obsolete An explosion, or the noise of one.
• noun Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.
• noun (Zoöl.) A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus).
• adverb With a sudden leap; suddenly.