Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1. 
 spring back; 
 spring away from an impact; 
- Example: "The rubber ball bounced"- Example: "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"[syn: bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
take a hop
    v 1: spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball
         bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite
         after they collide" [syn: bounce, resile, take a hop,
         spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate,
         ricochet]