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bouncing

/ˈbaʊnsɪŋ/

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verb

Rebondir

To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.

Examples :

"The tennis ball bounced off the wall before coming to rest in the ditch."

La balle de tennis a rebondi contre le mur avant de s'immobiliser dans le fossé.

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verb

Rebondir, sauter

To move quickly up and then down, or vice versa, once or repeatedly.

Examples :

"He bounces nervously on his chair."

Il rebondit nerveusement sur sa chaise.

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verb

Faire rebondir, sauter

To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.

Examples :

"He bounced the child on his knee."

Il a fait sauter l'enfant sur ses genoux.

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verb

Soumettre une idée à quelqu'un pour obtenir un retour d'information

To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) somebody, in order to gain feedback.

Examples :

""Before submitting my essay, I'm bouncing some ideas off my teacher to get her feedback." "

Avant de soumettre mon essai, je soumets quelques idées à mon professeur pour obtenir ses commentaires.

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verb

Sauter, rebondir

To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.

Examples :

"She bounced happily into the room."

Elle a sauté joyeusement dans la pièce.

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verb

Rebondir

To move rapidly (between).

Examples :

"The email was bouncing between my inbox and the spam folder, so I had to manually move it. "

L'e-mail rebondissait entre ma boîte de réception et le dossier spam, j'ai donc dû le déplacer manuellement.

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verb

être rejeté

(of a cheque/check) To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.

Examples :

"We can’t accept further checks from you, as your last one bounced."

Nous ne pouvons plus accepter de chèques de votre part, car le dernier a été rejeté.

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verb

Être rejeté, être sans provision

To fail to cover (have sufficient funds for) (a draft presented against one's account).

Examples :

"He tends to bounce a check or two toward the end of each month, before his payday."

Il a tendance à avoir un ou deux chèques rejetés vers la fin de chaque mois, avant sa paie.

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verb

Quitter

Examples :

"Let’s wrap this up, I gotta bounce."

Terminons ça, je dois partir.

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verb

Expulser, renvoyer

To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.

Examples :

"The restaurant owner was furious and threatened to start bouncing noisy customers who wouldn't quiet down. "

Le propriétaire du restaurant était furieux et a menacé d'expulser les clients bruyants qui ne se calmeraient pas.

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verb

Baiser, niquer

(sometimes employing the preposition with) To have sexual intercourse.

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verb

Attaquer de manière inattendue

(air combat) To attack unexpectedly.

Examples :

"The squadron was bounced north of the town."

L'escadron a été attaqué de manière inattendue au nord de la ville.

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verb

Redémarrer, réinitialiser

To turn power off and back on; to reset

Examples :

"See if it helps to bounce the router."

Voyez si redémarrer le routeur aide.

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verb

Rebondir, être retourné

(of an e-mail message or address) To return undelivered.

Examples :

"The girl in the bar told me her address was [email protected], but my mail to that address bounced back to me."

La fille dans le bar m'a dit que son adresse était [email protected], mais mon mail à cette adresse m'est revenu.

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verb

Rebondir

To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum.

Examples :

"The student pilot bounced several times during his landing."

L'élève pilote a rebondi plusieurs fois lors de son atterrissage.

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verb

S'écraser mortellement

(skydiving) To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results.

Examples :

"After the mid-air collision, his rig failed and he bounced. BSBD."

Après la collision en vol, son équipement a lâché et il s'est écrasé mortellement. BSBD.

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verb

Mixer

(sound recording) To mix (two or more tracks of a multi-track audio tape recording) and record the result onto a single track, in order to free up tracks for further material to be added.

Examples :

"Bounce tracks two and three to track four, then record the cowbell on track two."

Mixez les pistes deux et trois sur la piste quatre, puis enregistrez la cloche de vache sur la piste deux.

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verb

Intimider, gronder

To bully; to scold.

Examples :

"My boss was bouncing me about missing the deadline, even though it wasn't my fault. "

Mon patron me grondait à propos du non-respect du délai, même si ce n'était pas de ma faute.

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verb

Rebondir, faire rebondir, claquer

To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; to knock loudly.

Examples :

"The loud music was bouncing off the walls of the apartment, making it hard to concentrate. "

La musique forte rebondissait sur les murs de l'appartement, rendant difficile la concentration.

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verb

Se vanter, fanfaronner

To boast; to bluster.

Examples :

"He was bouncing about his high test score, even though everyone else did well too. "

Il se vantait de sa bonne note au test, même si tout le monde avait bien réussi aussi.

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noun

Le rebondissement, le saut

The act of something that bounces.

Examples :

"The child's joyful bouncing on the trampoline made everyone smile. "

Le rebondissement joyeux de l'enfant sur le trampoline a fait sourire tout le monde.

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adjective

Vif, plein de vie

Healthy; vigorous.

Examples :

"a bouncing baby girl"

Une petite fille pleine de vie

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adjective

Énorme, colossal

Excessively big; whopping

Examples :

"My grandmother baked a bouncing birthday cake for me; it was so large we needed two tables to hold it! "

Ma grand-mère a préparé un gâteau d'anniversaire énorme pour moi ; il était si grand que nous avons eu besoin de deux tables pour le tenir !