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  • 1bounce — bounceable, adj. bounceably, adv. /bowns/, v., bounced, bouncing, n., adv. v.i. 1. to spring back from a surface in a lively manner: The ball bounced off the wall. 2. to strike the ground or other surface, and rebound: The ball bounced once… …

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  • 2bounce — 1 verb 1 MOVE FROM A SURFACE (I, T) if a ball or other object bounces, it immediately moves away from a surface it has just hit, or you make it move in this way (+ off): The ball bounced off the crossbar and into the net. | bounce sth on/against… …

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  • 3bounce — [c]/baʊns / (say bowns) verb (bounced, bouncing) –verb (i) 1. to move with a bound, and rebound, as a ball: a ball bounces back from the wall. 2. to burst ebulliently (into or out of): to bounce into and out of a room. 3. to boast; show off. 4.… …

  • 4bounce — [[t]ba͟ʊns[/t]] bounces, bouncing, bounced 1) V ERG When an object such as a ball bounces or when you bounce it, it moves upwards from a surface or away from it immediately after hitting it. [V n prep] I bounced a ball against the house... [V n]… …

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  • 5deadcat bounce — n. a small, knee jerk rally in one of the financial markets. (A dead cat or any other animal will bounce only slightly after being dropped. Refers to a stock index or security price that bounces up only slightly after a precipitous fall.… …

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  • 6baby — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. infant, babe, child, tot, kid (inf.); nursling, suckling; off spring. See youth. v. t. pamper. See leniency. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Infantile] Syn. youthful, babyish, juvenile; see childish 1 . 2 …

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  • 7List of breakdance moves — ambox type = style text = This may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia s quality standards. Please help [fullurl:FULLPAGENAME|action=edit improve this list] . It may be poorly defined, or . #if:{1| }|{category|} {category|}Breakdance incorporates… …

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  • 8Professional wrestling aerial techniques — The Undertaker performing his Old School (arm twist ropewalk chop) maneuver on Heidenreich. Aerial techniques are maneuvers, using the ring and its posts and ropes as aids, used in professional wrestling to show off the speed and agility of a… …

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  • 9Dida (goalkeeper) — Dida Personal information Full name Nélson de Jesus Silva …

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  • 10Zatanna — Zatanna, from the cover of Catwoman vol. 3, #58. Art by Adam Hughes. Publication information Publisher DC Comics/Vertigo …

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