Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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  Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#BOUNCEOFF

Verb

bounce off (third-person singular simple present bounces off, present participle bouncing off, simple past and past participle bounced off)Category:English lemmas#BOUNCEOFFCategory:English verbs#BOUNCEOFFCategory:English phrasal verbs#BOUNCEOFFCategory:English phrasal verbs formed with %22off%22#BOUNCEOFFCategory:English multiword terms#BOUNCEOFFCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BOUNCEOFFCategory:Pages with entries#BOUNCE%20OFFCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BOUNCE%20OFF

1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BOUNCEOFF, informalCategory:English informal terms#BOUNCEOFF, idiomaticCategory:English idioms#BOUNCEOFF) To test (ideas) on someone.

   I have a plan to bounce off you.Category:English terms with usage examples#BOUNCEOFF

   Let me bounce an idea off you.Category:English terms with usage examples#BOUNCEOFF

2. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BOUNCEOFF) To use as a springboard for further discussion.
   • 1981 August 29, Nancy Wechsler, “Pornography and the Lawyers Guild”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 7, page 4:

     My comments about the resolutions come after Pat and Gayle have explained their objections and talked about what they think their effects will be. My remark is bouncing off of what they said, feeding it back to them in an attempt to continue the flow off the interview.

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3. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#BOUNCEOFF) To move away with a bouncing movement.

   She bounced off out of the room.Category:English terms with usage examples#BOUNCEOFF

4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bounce,‎ off.

See also

• run by

References

• “bounce an idea off”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.