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jounce

[ jouns ]

verb (used with or without object)

jounced, jouncing.
  1. to move joltingly or roughly up and down; bounce.


noun

  1. a jouncing movement.

jounce

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verb

  1. to shake or jolt or cause to shake or jolt; bounce
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a jolting movement; shake; bump
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of jounce1

1400–50; late Middle English; apparently blend of joll to bump (now obsolete) and bounce
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of jounce1

C15: probably a blend of dialect joll to bump + bounce
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Over the coulee burst Rooster Jim, jouncing astride his new Indian motorcycle.

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A chunk of flaming timber jounced down a sharply angled slope, smacked onto a two-lane road and hurtled into a thicket below, igniting brush along the way.

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We have a few seconds of excruciating video from the jouncing camera strapped to a police officer’s uniform.

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Meet The Harry Kane Team, led by a striker who traumatised City’s central defenders, jouncing and grappling, always looking to spin away and dig out one of those God‑level diagonal passes.

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By the time the lights dimmed for the 7 p.m. show and trailers started to play, the sound system jouncing everyone’s insides, only 28 people had turned up, including myself.

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