bounce back
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bounce back
verb bounces back · bouncing back · bounced back
- To recover from a negative situation without seemingly any damage. We thought he'd die from the crash, but he bounced back to normal after 10 days in hospital.
- Of an email message, to be returned to the sender because it is undeliverable.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bounce, back.
noun bounce backs
- Alternative form of bounceback After an initial bounce back, the post-Covid Chinese economy has turned sluggish. Its property market - once a key driver of growth - is now mired in a credit crisis, exacerbating a domestic "debt bomb" that has ballooned from years of borrowing by local government and state-owned enterprises.
Talk about this word "bounce back." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bounce%20back. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bounce back. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bounce%20back "bounce back." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bounce%20back.
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@misc{bounce_back_2026,
title = {bounce back},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bounce%20back},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
