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.
• Why US dey bounce Ghanaians visa more times.  — (bbc__100495, Why the US is rejecting Ghanaian visa many times.)
• 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.

• As di ball just bounce comot from keeper hand by mistake, na so the striker rush am, nack am enter net.  — (NSC_2021, As the ball bounced off the keeper's hand by mistake, the striker made a mad rush at it and scored.]

• 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, if you pull a man down, he will surely rise again nd come after you.)

• 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.