| take a hop 
 
 spring back;
 spring away from an impact
 - The rubber ball bounced
 - These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide
 • Syn:
 bounce, resile, spring, bound, rebound,
 recoil, reverberate, ricochet
 • Derivationally related forms:
 ricochet (for: ricochet), recoil (for: recoil), rebound (for: rebound), bound (for: bound), spring (for: spring), resilient (for: resile), resiliency (for: resile), bounce (for: bounce)
 • Hypernyms:
 jump, leap, bound, spring
 • Hyponyms:
 kick back, recoil, kick, skip, bound off, carom
 • Verb Frames:
 - Something ----s
 - Something is ----ing PP
 
 
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