bounce around

phrasal verb

bounced around; bouncing around; bounces around

informal

: to talk about (something, such as an idea) in an informal way in order to get different opinions about it

We were bouncing some ideas around for the design of the book's cover.

They bounced around some plot ideas for a new play.

Examples of bounce around in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There were white grandmothers bouncing around to Kendrick’s halftime performance on social media, while Chalamet has managed to enter the sports realm by exposing his Knicks fandom, and was the fifth non-singer to host and perform on SNL in the show’s 50-year history. —Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 19 Feb. 2025

Gallo has been bouncing around the league since he was traded away from the Texas Rangers midway through the 2021 season. —Noah Camras, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025

This would cause different amounts of light to bounce around to the detector, allowing the team to determine the presence and characteristics of the dark matter. —Michael Irving, New Atlas, 12 Feb. 2025

As an adult, Overstreet continued to bounce around, enlisting in the Marines, taking up residence in San Francisco, and ultimately moving to New York in 1958. —Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 4 Feb. 2025

Rhymes for bounce around

• abound
• aground
• astound
• background
• campground
• clothbound
• confound
• earthbound
• eastbound
• expound
• fairground
• foreground