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| Main Entry: |
bounce
[bouns]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spring up; rebound |
| Synonyms: | backlash, bob, boomerang, bound, buck, bump, carom, fly back, glance off, hop, hurdle, jerk up and down, jounce, jump, kick back, leap, rebound, recoil, resile, ricochet, saltate, snap back, spring back, thump, vault |
| Main Entry: | ax/axe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dismiss from service |
| Synonyms: | boot, bounce*, can*, cancel, cut back, discharge, dispense with, eliminate, fire, get rid of, give a pink slip, give the boot, kick out, lay off, remove, sack, terminate, throw out |
| Antonyms: | hire |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | beat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throb |
| Synonyms: | agitate, alternate, bob, bounce, buffet, flap, flicker, fluctuate, flutter, heave, jerk, jounce, oscillate, palpitate, pitch, pound, pulsate, pulse, quake, quaver, quiver, ripple, shake, shiver, swing, thrill, throb, thump, tremble, twitch, undulate, vibrate, writhe |
| Main Entry: | billow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surge |
| Synonyms: | balloon, belly, bloat, bounce, bulge, ebb and flow, heave, pitch, puff up, ripple, rise and fall, rise up, rock, roll, swell, toss, undulate, wave |
| Main Entry: | boot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kick; oust |
| Synonyms: | ax, bounce, can*, chase, chuck, cut, discharge, dismiss, drive, dropkick, eighty-six, eject, evict, expel, extrude, fire, heave, kick out, knock, punt, sack, shove, terminate, throw out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bump |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | collide, hit, usually with sound |
| Synonyms: | bang, bounce, box, buck, bunt, butt, carom, clap, clatter, crack, crash, impinge, jar, jerk, jolt, jostle, jounce, knock, pat, plop, plunk, pound, punch, rap, rattle, shake, slam, slap, smack, smash into, strike, thud, thump, thunder, thwack, whack |
| Main Entry: | can |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fire from job |
| Synonyms: | ax, boot, bounce*, cashier, discharge, dismiss, expel, give the heave ho, kick out, let go, sack, terminate |
| Notes: | can applies to what is possible and may to what is permissible; can means 'able to,' may means 'permitted to' |
| Antonyms: | employ, hire |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | caper |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | frolic, cavort |
| Synonyms: | blow the lid off, bounce, bound, cut capers, cut loose, dance, frisk, gambol, go on a tear, hop, horse around, jump, kick up one's heels, leap, let loose, play, raise hell, rollick, romp, skip, spring, whoop it up |
| Main Entry: | cashier |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discard, expel |
| Synonyms: | ax, boot, bounce, break, can*, cast off, discharge, dismiss, displace, drum out, fire, give a pink slip, give the heave ho, heave, remove, sack, terminate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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