as in collision
a forceful coming together of two things
we felt a definite jounce every time the car hit a pothole
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as in to shake
to make a series of small irregular or violent movements
a rickety cart jouncing as it was being pulled over the cobblestoned streets
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Recent Examples of jounce
Carlos Lago,
Car and Driver,
24 Jan. 2022
Joe DeAngelo was thick-muscled and dough-faced, with an odd jounce to his gait.
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Tribune News Service,
oregonlive.com,
22 June 2019
Robert Merchant,
Outdoor Life,
1 Oct. 2025
Tailbone pain sometimes can arise after sitting on a hard surface for a long time, or sitting on an ill-fitting or jouncing seat.
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Mayo Clinic,
chicagotribune.com,
19 Aug. 2019
The frame shape and temple design must harmonize with your helmet lest the glasses jounce around or, worse, rub your skull wrong.
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Aaron Gulley,
Outside Online,
13 June 2018
This band has a rare instrumentation — tenor saxophone, tuba, two drummers — and a relentless, jouncing sound anchored in rhythms of the Caribbean.
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Giovanni Russonello,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2018
Early mornings and midafternoons at Ranthambore see a restricted number of open-air vehicles shuttling tourists into the park to jounce along five dusty trail routes, each stretching a few miles.
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Christopher Smith,
Orange County Register,
11 May 2017
Noun
Additional front and rear jounce dampers help absorb the load after landing sweet jumps, while new braces on the trailer hitch help increase the tow rating to 4500 pounds.
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Carlos Lago,
Car and Driver,
24 Jan. 2022
Joe DeAngelo was thick-muscled and dough-faced, with an odd jounce to his gait.
—
Tribune News Service,
oregonlive.com,
22 June 2019
Verb
Our lunch, a thermos of hot coffee, binoculars, a spotting scope, and two cameras jounced on the seat between us.
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Robert Merchant,
Outdoor Life,
1 Oct. 2025
Tailbone pain sometimes can arise after sitting on a hard surface for a long time, or sitting on an ill-fitting or jouncing seat.
—
Mayo Clinic,
chicagotribune.com,
19 Aug. 2019
The frame shape and temple design must harmonize with your helmet lest the glasses jounce around or, worse, rub your skull wrong.
—
Aaron Gulley,
Outside Online,
13 June 2018
This band has a rare instrumentation — tenor saxophone, tuba, two drummers — and a relentless, jouncing sound anchored in rhythms of the Caribbean.
—
Giovanni Russonello,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2018
Early mornings and midafternoons at Ranthambore see a restricted number of open-air vehicles shuttling tourists into the park to jounce along five dusty trail routes, each stretching a few miles.
—
Christopher Smith,
Orange County Register,
11 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jounce
Noun
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The collision sent Bowie careening into a minivan parked nearby.
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Now, a team of researchers assessed this signal and found a feature in the gravitational waves represents the collective event horizon of the involved black holes at the very moment of that collision.
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The early goal from Germany was a bit demoralizing for the South American team, but Nilson Angulo was able to shake it off with a beautiful shot in the ninth minute to equalize.
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Any worries about complacency were wiped away in the third minute when Auston Trusty fired home the opening goal and caused the stands at SoFi Stadium to shake (literally) with the noise and jumping fans.
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Fascinators — those bobbing bundles often of feathers, flowers and netting perched off-center of the wearer’s head — are banned here.
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Producers like Shungu, QThree, Mike Shabb, and Elsesser himself let their legato phrases repeat ad infinitum, gently bobbing like a dinghy in agitated waters.
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Their standoff energizes the play, but this jolt of momentum comes a little too late.
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Because her shows have been broadcast in endless rotation, our first image of Robin Byrd today is a jolt.
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Don’t twist or jerk the tick, which can cause the mouth to break off in your skin.
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Once the squid gather near the surface, lines fitted with bait are lowered into the water and rapidly jerked up and down to imitate small prey such as shrimp, triggering strikes before the catch is reeled aboard.
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Brake gently as needed - Brake normally if the vehicle has anti-lock brakes and pump brakes gently if in an older vehicle.
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Martín Pérez was on the mound for the home team, a soft-tossing veteran lefty who was pumping in 89-mph sinkers.
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Not long after, Jamison’s parents reported hearing a loud thump, as though someone had fallen, according to prosecutors.
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While playing Pragmata, the thump of approaching robots had solid directionality, and the weapon blasts had a good amount of low-end force.
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A lot of people are upset by the notion of bringing cage fights to the White House, shuddering at the bad taste of it all.
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Design practices Not knowing ahead of time what lunar explorers may face is an unsure, shuddering proposition.
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