"bounce around" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: bounces around [present, singular, third-person], bouncing around [participle, present], bounced around [participle, past], bounced around [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bounce around (third-person singular simple present bounces around, present participle bouncing around, simple past and past participle bounced around)
  1. (transitive) To discuss or brainstorm (ideas) on a topic. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bounce_around-en-verb-CCU0LYvP
  2. (intransitive) Synonym of jump around. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: jump around [synonym, synonym-of] Related terms: bounce off the walls
    Sense id: en-bounce_around-en-verb-zhXaWH9r
  3. (intransitive, figurative) To switch between jobs, locations and other situations often. Tags: figuratively, intransitive
    Sense id: en-bounce_around-en-verb-yQD0pHny Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "around", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 11 68 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "around": 19 19 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 11 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 8 75

Inflected forms

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          "text": "We bounced around some suggestions in-house and then workshopped the best ones afterward.",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "text": "We bounced some ideas around but didn't take it any further.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "To discuss or brainstorm (ideas) on a topic."
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        "(transitive) To discuss or brainstorm (ideas) on a topic."
      ],
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      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of jump around."
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        "(intransitive) Synonym of jump around."
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          "text": "Coordinate term: bounce back"
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        "To switch between jobs, locations and other situations often."
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        "(intransitive, figurative) To switch between jobs, locations and other situations often."
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        "To discuss or brainstorm (ideas) on a topic."
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        "(transitive) To discuss or brainstorm (ideas) on a topic."
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        "(intransitive) Synonym of jump around."
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        "To switch between jobs, locations and other situations often."
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        "(intransitive, figurative) To switch between jobs, locations and other situations often."
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