bounces around
Springs here, there
To bounce around is to move from place to place or topic to topic without settling: She bounced around between jobs for a few years, The conversation bounced around from politics to sports to old movies.
The phrase suggests restless, somewhat random movement rather than purposeful direction.
Ideas bounce around when they're tossed back and forth in discussion: Let's bounce around some ideas for the campaign.
- jumpPropel oneself airborne
- wanderMove without fixed direction
- vacillateWaver between choices
- ricochetAngled deflection off surface
- ping pongMiniature tennis indoors
restless · zigzag · back and forth · careen · shift · fluctuate · oscillate · pinball · erratic · hyperactive · excitable · flit · all over the place · here and there · jittery · can't sit still · hop · frenetic
bounces aroundstays put
Remains in place
sits still · stays in place · rests · holds steady · stands still
bounces aroundsettles down
Becomes calm or established
stays put · puts down roots · commits · perseveres · digs in
bounce, bounced, bouncing, bouncer, bouncers, bouncy, bounciness, around, round