Clues for the word "BOUNCE"
We've had 34 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 36 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on April 16, 2026.
Definition of bounce
- v. i. - To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly.
- v. i. - To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound; as, she bounced into the room.
- v. i. - To boast; to talk big; to bluster.
- v. t. - To drive against anything suddenly and violently; to bump; to thump.
- v. t. - To cause to bound or rebound; sometimes, to toss.
- v. t. - To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.
- v. t. - To bully; to scold.
- n. - A sudden leap or bound; a rebound.
- n. - A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
- n. - An explosion, or the noise of one.
- n. - Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.
- n. - A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus).
- adv. - With a sudden leap; suddenly.
Referring Clues
- Dribble
- Evict
- Fail to clear, as a check
- Dribble, as a basketball
- Show the door
- Spring back
- Liveliness
- Enjoy a trampoline
- Post-convention surge
- ___ back (recover)
- Pep in one's step
- What a ball may do
- Bishop put on weight in spring
- Springiness
- Rebound
- Black cat's resilience
- Spring back like a rubber ball
- Bob, a bachelor, carries little weight
- Head takes in upper-class boisterousness
- Bishop gets overweight in spring
- Carom
- Black, wild cat in spring
- Spring
- Exuberance of black cat
- Recoil from British cat
- Leave, slangily
- Sudden improvement
- "Gotta ___!" (parting words)
- Evident cockiness in making a comeback
- Big Easy music
- Play in an inflatable castle
- Dribble, like a basketball
- Brand of dryer sheets
- Name on a box by the dryer
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 16, 2026
- LA Times - November 18, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - July 07, 2025
- LA Times - March 06, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - October 10, 2024
- USA Today - May 26, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - March 27, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - July 07, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - October 10, 2022
- USA Today - September 09, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - June 29, 2022
- Mirror Quick - October 28, 2017
- Daily Cryptic - July 07, 2017
- New York Times - October 06, 2016
- Evening Standard Easy - August 10, 2016
- LA Times Sunday - April 10, 2016
- Evening Standard Quick - December 29, 2015
- LA Times Sunday - April 05, 2015
- Chronicle of Higher Education - September 13, 2013
- Washington Post - February 15, 2012
- Guardian Cryptic - March 08, 2011
- Guardian Cryptic - December 28, 2010
- Guardian Cryptic - July 20, 2010
- Washington Post - May 28, 2010
- Washington Post - February 10, 2010
- LA Times - January 20, 2010
- Universal - December 26, 2009
- Family Time - October 26, 2009
- Guardian Everyman - August 30, 2009
- Guardian Quick - March 22, 2008
- And in 6 more crossword puzzles...