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BOUNCES

7 letters

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Classic 5 pts
Big 5 pts
Super Big 5 pts

BOUNCES is a valid 7-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 5 in Classic, 5 in Big, and 5 in Super Big Boggle.

BOUNCES root BOUNCE-s

Word family

BOUNCE 3 BOUNCING 11 BOUNCED-d 5

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BOUNCINGLY 11
verb
  1. intransitiveTo change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
    • The tennis ball bounced off the wall before coming to rest in the ditch.
  2. intransitiveTo move quickly up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
    • He bounces nervously on his chair.
  3. transitiveTo cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.
    • He bounced the child on his knee.
    • The children were bouncing a ball against a wall.
  4. colloquialtransitiveTo suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) someone, in order to gain feedback.
    • I'm meeting Bob later to bounce some ideas off him about the new product range.
  5. intransitiveTo leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.
    • She bounced happily into the room.
  6. To move rapidly (between).
  7. informalintransitiveTo be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.
    • We can’t accept further checks from you, as your last one bounced.
  8. informaltransitiveTo fail to cover (have sufficient funds for) (a cheque/check drawn on one's account).
    • He tends to bounce a check or two toward the end of each month, before his payday.
  9. intransitiveslangTo leave.
    • Let’s wrap this up, I gotta bounce.
  10. USdatedslangtransitiveTo eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.
  11. intransitiveslangsometimesTo have sexual intercourse.
  12. transitiveTo attack unexpectedly.
    • The squadron was bounced north of the town.
  13. transitiveTo turn power to (a device) off and back on; to reset; to reboot.
    • See if it helps to bounce the router.
  14. InternetergativeTo return undelivered.
    • What’s your new email address? The old one bounces.
    • The girl in the bar told me her address was [email protected], but my mail to that address was bounced back by the server.
  15. intransitiveTo land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum.
    • The student pilot bounced several times during his landing.
  16. intransitiveTo land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results.
    • After the mid-air collision, his rig failed and he bounced.
  17. transitiveTo mix (two or more tracks of a multi-track audio recording) and record the result onto a single track, in order to free up tracks for further material to be added.
    • Bounce tracks two and three to track four, then record the cowbell on track two.
  18. To render two or more tracks to computer storage so that they can be played back and re-recorded with further material added.
    • bouncing stems
  19. archaicslangTo bully; to scold.
  20. archaicslangTo boast; to bluster.
  21. archaicTo strike or thump, so as to make a sudden noise upon rebound; to knock loudly.
  22. slangTo race poorly after a successful race.
noun
  1. countableuncountableA change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.
  2. countableuncountableA movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
  3. InternetcountableuncountableAn email that returns to the sender because of a delivery failure.
  4. countableuncountableA hypothetical event where a collapsing system, such as a universe in the Big Bounce theory, reaches a point of extreme density and then rebounds back into an expanding phase, essentially reversing the contraction due to quantum mechanical effects.
  5. countableslanguncountableThe sack, dismissal.
  6. archaiccountableuncountableA bang, boom.
  7. archaiccountableuncountableA drink based on brandy, cherry bounce.
  8. archaiccountableuncountableA heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
  9. archaiccountableuncountableBluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.
  10. countableuncountableScyliorhinus canicula, a European dogfish.
  11. uncountableA genre of hip-hop music of New Orleans, characterized by often lewd call-and-response chants.
  12. slanguncountableDrugs.
  13. slanguncountableSwagger.
  14. slanguncountableA good beat in music.
  15. slanguncountableA talent for leaping.
    • Them pro-ballers got bounce!
  16. countableinformaluncountableAn increase in popularity.
  17. countableuncountableAn obstacle for a horse to jump over, consisting of two fences close together so that the horse cannot take a full stride between them, nor jump both at once.
  18. countableslanguncountableThe situation where a horse races poorly after a successful race.