# bounced

Pronunciation: say "BOWNST" /baʊnst/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of bounce. — simple past and past participle of bounce
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of bounce. Use this form for something that already jumped back or happened earlier.
   - _The check bounced because the account had no money in it._
   - _Sunlight bounced off the polished marble floor._

## Adjective

2. Of an email message: returned to the sender after the system failed to deliver it to the intended address.
   - Simple: Sent back to you because it could not reach the email address it was meant for.
   - _Half the newsletter list produced bounced replies from dead accounts._
   - _He kept getting a bounced notice every time he wrote to that old address._

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