bounce

Naija

Etymology

From English bounce.

Pronunciation

• báùns

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Transitive Verb

• Make dem remove person.

• For February, e bin look like e go step down but oga Al-Bashir call for state of emergency as e say di protesters make sense but na only elections go fit bounce am.  — (bbc__50152, In February, it looked like he was going to step down but Al-Bashir called for a state of emergency as he said that the protesters had a point but only elections will oust him.)
• Make person reject someting/person.

1. Why US dey bounce Ghanaians visa more times.  — (bbc__100495, Why the US is rejecting Ghanaian visa many times.)
2. Plenty of di pipo wey follow come na pikin and di wahala be say dem dey bounce dem say dem no get official papers.  — (bbc__81964,A lot of the people that came were children and the issue was that they are rejected because they didn't have official papers. )

Intransitive Verb

• Make person waka wit confidence.

E dey bounce like sey im don win jackpot.  — (Egbokhare_2021, He is walking with confidence as if he won a jackpot.)

• Make we cause someting dey move up and down.

Aboudi Onguene weh e di play for CSKA Russia open door for mbunya for 13' minute as e comet laik lighten kick straight for goalkeeper but de ball bounce back for e foot and e score as Enganamouit service e ball.  — (bbc__11148, __no translation__)

• Make person turn back to attack someting or somebody.

Ehen if you push person to di wall, di person definitely go still bounce back, start to pursue you.  — (NST_cleaned__31754, __no translation__)

• Make someting come alive again.

Afta di defeat, di president tweet say di mata touch am wella but say im believe say Ghana Black Stars go bounce back.  — (bbc__12863, __no translation__)

Serial Verb

Dey don bounce dem comot.  — (Tella_NSC_2021, They have sacked them.)

Related form

• bouncer

Synonyms

• comot,sack

Antonyms

• gree,

Translations

• English: to walk with confidence.