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5 VERB If someone bounces somewhere, they move there in an energetic way, because they are feeling happy. □ [V prep/adv] Moira bounced into the office.

6 VERB If you bounce your ideas off someone, you tell them to that person, in order to find out what they think about them. □ [V n + off ] It was good to bounce ideas off another mind. □ [V n around ] Let's bounce a few ideas around.

7 VERB If a cheque bounces or if a bank bounces it, the bank refuses to accept it and pay out the money, because the person who wrote it does not have enough money in their account. □ [V ] Our only complaint would be if the cheque bounced. □ [V n] His bank wrongly bounced cheques worth £75,000.

8 VERB [V ] If an email or other electronic message bounces , it is returned to the person who sent it because the address was wrong or because of a problem with one of the computers involved in sending it. [COMPUTING ]

▸  bounce back PHRASAL VERB If you bounce back after a bad experience, you return very quickly to your previous level of success, enthusiasm, or activity. □ [V P ] We lost two or three early games in the World Cup, but we bounced back. □ [V P prep/adv] He is young enough to bounce back from this disappointment.

bounc|er /baʊ nsə ^r / (bouncers ) N‑COUNT A bouncer is a man who stands at the door of a club, prevents unwanted people from coming in, and makes people leave if they cause trouble.

bounc|ing /baʊ ns I ŋ/

1 ADJ [v-link ADJ with n, ADJ n] If you say that someone is bouncing with health, you mean that they are very healthy. You can also refer to a bouncing baby to mean a healthy baby. □  They are bouncing with health in the good weather. □  Derek is now the proud father of a bouncing baby girl.

2 → see also bounce

bouncy /baʊ nsi/

1 ADJ Someone or something that is bouncy is very lively. □  She was bouncy and full of energy.

2 ADJ [usu ADJ n] A bouncy thing can bounce very well or makes other things bounce well. □  …a children's paradise filled with bouncy toys. □  …a bouncy chair.

bou ncy cas|tle (bouncy castles ) N‑COUNT A bouncy castle is a large object filled with air, often in the shape of a castle, which children play on at a fairground or other outdoor event.

bound

➊ BE BOUND

➋ OTHER USES

➊ bound ◆◇◇ /baʊ nd/

1Bound is the past tense and past participle of bind .

2 PHRASE If you say that something is bound to happen, you mean that you are sure it will happen, because it is a natural consequence of something that is already known or exists. □  There are bound to be price increases next year. □  If you are topless in a public place, this sort of thing is bound to happen.

3 PHRASE If you say that something is bound to happen or be true, you feel confident and certain of it, although you have no definite knowledge or evidence. [SPOKEN ] □  I'll show it to Benjamin. He's bound to know. □  We'll have more than one child, and one of them's bound to be a boy.

4 ADJ If one person, thing, or situation is bound to another, they are closely associated with each other, and it is difficult for them to be separated or to escape from each other. □ [+ to ] We are as tightly bound to the people we dislike as to the people we love.

5 ADJ If a vehicle or person is bound for a particular place, they are travelling towards it. □ [+ for ] The ship was bound for Italy. □ [+ for ] …a Russian plane bound for Berlin. ● COMB -bound is also a combining form. □  …a Texas-bound oil freighter. □  …homeward-bound commuters.

6 PHRASE If something is bound up in a particular form or place, it is fixed in that form or contained in that place. □  He does not like having a large chunk of his wealth bound up in shares.