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BOUNDER (bounder)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bounder mean?
• BOUNDER (noun)
The noun BOUNDER has 2 senses:
1. someone who is morally reprehensible
2. someone who bounds or leaps (as in competition)
Familiarity information: BOUNDER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who is morally reprehensible
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
blackguard; bounder; cad; dog; heel; hound
Context example:
you dirty dog
Hypernyms ("bounder" is a kind of...):
scoundrel; villain (a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bounder"):
perisher (bounder)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who bounds or leaps (as in competition)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
bounder; leaper
Hypernyms ("bounder" is a kind of...):
jumper (an athlete who competes at jumping)
Derivation:
bound (move forward by leaps and bounds)
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