Guess the wordWord for the Wise August 01, 2006 Broadcast Topic: Guess the word Ready to test your linguistic reflexes?
Today we're playing Guess the word.
Here's how it works.
We pass along a number of meanings associated with a word (and we will not begin with the obvious ones); your job is to figure out which word we are talking about.
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(来源：老牌的英语学习网站 http://www.
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com)We begin by noting this verb can be both transitive (it takes an object) and intransitive (it doesn't).
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Our mystery word has two very old, now obsolete senses: it meant to beat or belabor something, and it meant to make a loud sudden noise; to knock or bang loudly.
Here's a hint: our mystery word is of imitative origin.
And now, back to the definitions.
Our verb has two chiefly British applications, to bluff or bully with big talk; scold or browbeat, and to talk big; bluster; swagger; boast.
Finally, we'll throw in a few more common applications: to cause [something] to rebound or cause [it] to be reflected and to strike and rebound.
Paired with back, our word means to recover from a blow or a defeat quickly or vigorously.
Used about a check, the word means to be returned by a bank as no good, applied to a person, it means to expel or eject from a room, place, membership, or participation.
Recoiling at the idea that you're only just now figuring out the word is bounce?
Don't feel bad .
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we didn't make it easy.