"bounce back" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-bounce back.ogg [Australia] Forms: bounce backs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bounce back (plural bounce backs)
  1. Alternative form of bounceback Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: bounceback
    Sense id: en-bounce_back-en-noun-ObuSLvv-

Verb

Audio: en-au-bounce back.ogg [Australia] Forms: bounces back [present, singular, third-person], bouncing back [participle, present], bounced back [participle, past], bounced back [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bounce back (third-person singular simple present bounces back, present participle bouncing back, simple past and past participle bounced back)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bounce, back. Derived forms: bounceback, bouncebackability, bouncebackable
    Sense id: en-bounce_back-en-verb-w4N25Dau
  2. (idiomatic) To recover from a negative without seemingly any damage. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-bounce_back-en-verb-rCzWIhB5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (back) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 25 45 14 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (back): 21 24 40 15
  3. (of a message, usually an email) To be returned to the sender because it is undeliverable.
    Sense id: en-bounce_back-en-verb-vD559kj7

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for bounce back meaning in English (4.0kB)

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