Bounce - Definition and Overview

The term Bounce has several meanings:

• The action of an object to deflect when it strikes a wall, floor or other surface.
• When a check is returned to a depositing bank because the owner of the account in the issuing bank has insufficient funds to cover the value of the check.
• In electronic mail, a message that is returned undelivered is called a bounce message.
• A U.S. brand of fabric softener sheet produced by Procter & Gamble, which is placed in a clothes dryer.
• Bounce, An album by the rock group Bon Jovi.
• Bounce, a movie, starring Ben Affleck, released in 2000.
• Bounce, a musical written by Stephen Sondheim, which premiered in 2003.
• Bounce, a network term for masking connections
• A Bounce can refer to a type of jump seen in showjumping or eventing.