| Main Entry: | ricochet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rebound |
Synonyms: |
backfire, boomerang, bounce back, deflect, kick back, recoil, return, snap back, spring back |
| Main Entry: | backfire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have an opposite effect |
Synonyms: |
backlash, boomerang, bounce back, disappoint, fail, flop, miscarry, rebound, recoil, ricochet, spring back |
| Main Entry: | bob |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bounce up and down |
Synonyms: |
bow, duck, genuflect, hop, jerk, jounce, leap, nod, oscillate, quaver, quiver, ricochet, seesaw, skip, waggle, weave, wobble |
| Main Entry: | boomerang |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | backfire |
Synonyms: |
backlash, bounce back, come back, come home to roost, kick back, react, rebound, recoil, return, reverse, ricochet |
Antonyms: |
work |
| Main Entry: | bounce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spring up; rebound |
Synonyms: |
backlash, bob, boomerang, bound, buck, bump, carom, fly back, glance off, hop, hurdle, jerk up and down, jounce, jump, kick back, leap, rebound, recoil, resile, ricochet, saltate, snap back, spring back, thump, vault |
| Main Entry: | bound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | jump, bounce |
Synonyms: |
bob, caper, frisk, gambol, hop, hurdle, leap, pounce, prance, recoil, ricochet, saltate, skip, spring, vault |
| Main Entry: | deflect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bounce off; turn aside |
Synonyms: |
avert, bend, cover up, curve, deviate, disperse, diverge, divert, fend, glance off, hold off, hook, keep off, parry, pivot, ricochet, sheer, shy, sidetrack, slew, slip, swerve, twist, veer, volte-face, wheel, whip, whirl, wind |
| Main Entry: | graze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch |
Synonyms: |
abrade, brush, carom, chafe, glance off, kiss*, ricochet, rub, scrape, scratch, shave, skim, skip |
Antonyms: |
manhandle |
| Main Entry: | jump |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leap, spring |
Synonyms: |
bail out, barge, bob, bounce, bound, buck, canter, caper, clear, curvet, dive, drop, fall, gambol, hop, hurdle, hurtle, jerk, jiggle, jounce, lollop, lop, lunge, lurch, parachute, plummet, pop, quiver, rattle, ricochet, saltate, shake, skip, sky, somersault, surge, take, top, trip, vault, waver, wobble |
| Main Entry: | jump |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | recoil |
Synonyms: |
bob, bolt, bounce, carom, flinch, jerk, jounce, rebound, ricochet, spring, start, startle, wince |