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vb. 1 (context transitive idiomatic English) to test (ideas) on someone 2 to come off something with a bounce. 3 to move away with a bouncing movement.
Usage examples of "bounce off".
When you were yelling, there was bounce off every wall but this one.
His head did bounce off, but by some miracle rolled into a hollow in the rocks.
Every once in a while they would kick down an experimental stone which would bounce off our heads.
It's as if you are in control of the speed of light: bring the dot in slowly and it bounces off slowly, sweep it in quickly and you'll see a line of light bounce off the mirror.
Like they had a life of their own, her shoulders cramped tight, aching to bounce off the wall and race back the way she had come.
A bullet will bounce off its arachnofiber weave like a wren hitting a patio door, but excess perspiration wafts through it like a breeze through a freshly napalmed forest, Where his body has bony extremities, the suit has sintered armorgel: feels like gritty jello, protects like a stack of telephone books.
When they get in a big hurry they bounce off their hands sort of like a gorilla.
I remember seeing Trev's head bounce off the wall and thinking Dick had gone crazy.
So if you're using the radar at sea, for example, the signals will not bounce back to the antenna, unless they hit somethinga shipthat they can bounce off.