SLANG
Leaving quickly

bounce

Hip-hop era · 1990–2015 · Millennials

To leave a place quickly.

“It's late, I'm about to bounce.”
Region
United States
Subculture
Hip-hop
Canonical key
bounce

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Connected expressions

  1. Predecessor · 1950–1989

    make like a tree and leave

    Mid-century joke exits give way to compact verbs.

  2. Predecessor · 2005–2026

    dip

    "Bounce" precedes "dip" in the same exit-slang lineage.

  3. Used in parallel · 2005–2026

    dip

    Used interchangeably in overlapping years.