bounce off

Also found in: Idioms.

Translations

w>bounce off

vt always separate to bounce something off something → etw von etw abprallen lassen; radio waves etc → etw an etw (dat) → reflektieren; to bounce an idea off somebody (fig inf) → eine Idee an jdm testen (inf)

vi → abprallen; (radio waves) → reflektieren

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In an effort to to become more competitive, Oxigen Apps, has already released two of their apps to the iOS marketplace; Bounce Off and Compass 2015 have been available on the iTunes store since July 2015.

Oxigen Apps Delivers for iOS

Some of the X-rays produced by these episodes then bounced off gas clouds about thirty to a hundred light years away from the black hole, similar to how the sound from a person's voice can bounce off canyon walls.

Violent past of Milky Way's giant black hole revealed

In order for a radio signal to reach Doha from Dubai, it has to bounce off something.

Making waves in radio

92 with the bounce off the lows fueled by a EUR-JPY bounce off 122.

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These sound waves bounce off objects, like insects and trees.

A nose for sight

When a person "sees" an object, his or her eye senses many different waves of visible light as they bounce off the object.

Invisibility ring

But his five-iron approach shot to the 18th green from 235 yards out needed a helpful bounce off a bank in the rough before rolling up to the hole.

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GOLF: A lucky bounce off the rocks for a closing birdie gave Luke Donald something to smile about after a difficult day at Pebble Beach in the AT&T National Pro-Am.

Golf: Donald relief at rocky ride

when he looked in his rear-view mirror and saw a black Mustang veer across four lanes of traffic, bounce off the guard rail and collide with the bottom of his trailer.

TRUCK DRIVER SAVES BOY IN I-5 CRASH FATHER IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER BIG-RIG COLLISION

That's just the time it took sunlight to travel to Jupiter, bounce off, and reach Earth on those days.

Jupiter as mirror for the sun's X rays

Minneapolis, MN), suggests using his company's LT3 laser sensor, which measures the time for laser light to bounce off a surface three to five meters away.

Sensors to improve operational--and product--performance. (Produce)

DANE Thomas Bjorn, bidding for his first major title, got a helpful bounce off a spectator to give him a brief spell as joint leader.