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bounce
verb- to maintain order in a bar or nightclub, ejecting people from the premises if necessary US, 1874
- [T]here’s nothing much can be done about it, because the muddled situation of District law and law enforcement makes it impossible to bounce that sort of undesirables[.] — Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, Washington Confidential, p. 14, 1951
- He cut her off with the wave of a hand. “A bouncer’s job is to bounce. I pay that asshole good money.” — Carl Hiaasen, Strip Tease, p. 22, 1993
- to leave US
- — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 1, March 1996
- — Newsday, p. B2, 11 October 1997
- “I gotta bounce anyway.” — Juno, 2007
- (of a cheque) to be returned as worthless by the bank with which it has been drawn US, 1936
- [Y]our cheques always bounce. — Stewart Home, Sex Kick [britpulp], p. 245, 1999
- (used of a message sent electronically) to return to the sender, undeliverable as addressed US
- — Eric S. Raymond, The New Hacker’s Dictionary, p. 75, 1991
- to pay; to provide without charge US
- I think she’d bounce for a free meal if the boss isn’t there. — Joseph Wambaugh, The New Centurions, p. 245, 1970
- to activate a car’s suspension system so as to cause the car to bounce up and down US
- — Edith A. Folb, runnin’ down some lines, p. 230, 1980
- to socialize, to carouse US
- “The rest of the week she was usually busy with the kids and I did my bouncing with the crew and took Linda along” — Nicholas Pileggi, Wise Guy, p. 144, 1985
- I would need an apartment, car, money to bounce around with, and so on. — Joseph Pistone, Donnie Brasco, p. 41, 1987
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