A sudden spring, leap, or bound; as, he gave a bounce up Bounty

[Fr. bonté; Lat. bonitas, from bonus, good.] on his feet; hence ( U. S. slang ), discharge, expulsion. -A boast; a threat. -A bold a everation implying a falsehood; as, give me none of your bounce. -A sudden crack or noise. "Two hazel-nuts I threw into the flame;... This, with the loudest bounce me sore amaz'd, That, in a flame of brightest color blaz'd.". Gay.