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

When the Panthers acquired Tarasenko at the trade deadline last year, the veteran winger bounced around the lineup early before eventually sticking on the third line with Luostarinen and Lundell. —Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2025

That project bounced around Hollywood, attracting interest from Annapurna and Rian Johnson. —Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 3 Apr. 2025

After seven years in New York, Melo bounced around from the Oklahoma City Thunder, Houston Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers, and Los Angeles Lakers in 2021-22, his last season in the NBA. —Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025

From there, Crockett bounced around from California to Europe, sometimes farming and sometimes playing music. —Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for bounce around

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