bound1

 
Pronunciation: /baʊnd/

verb

[no object, with adverbial of direction]
  • walk or run with leaping strides: Louis came bounding down the stairs figurative shares bounded ahead in early dealing
  • (of an object) rebound from a surface: bullets bounded off the veranda

noun

  • a leaping movement towards or over something: I went up the steps in two effortless bounds

Origin:

early 16th century (as a noun): from French bond (noun), bondir (verb) 'resound', later 'rebound', from late Latin bombitare, from Latin bombus 'humming'