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]