Definition of jounce
: to cause to jounce
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Examples of jounce in a Sentence
a rickety cart jouncing as it was being pulled over the cobblestoned streets
her head jounced as the horse began to gallop
Recent Examples of jounce from the Web
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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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On the album’s title tune, the bass line jounces from major to minor and then back again, as Mr. Mergia skates above it on organ and synthesizer and Fender Rhodes.
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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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The second EMT’s eyebrows were jouncing around unreadably.
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That rickety bus bounced and jounced along dirt roads and pulled into an Arizona elementary school.
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Origin and Etymology of jounce
Middle English
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First Known Use: 15th century
in the meaning defined at intransitive sense
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Examples of jounce in a Sentence
we felt a definite jounce every time the car hit a pothole
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Its suspension is soft and tuned for compliance such that the Atlas absorbed the jolts and jounces of our rutted camp driveway better than any other.
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First Known Use of jounce
circa 1787
jounce Synonyms
Synonyms
bump, collision, concussion, crash, impact, impingement, jar, jolt, kick, shock, slam, smash, strike, wallop;
Related Words
blow, buffet, hit, knock, punch, rap, slap, thump;
bashing, battering, bludgeoning, clobbering, hammering, lambasting, licking, pounding, pummeling (also pummelling), thrashing;
JOUNCE Defined for Kids
verb
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ˈjau̇ns
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Definition of jounce for Students
jounced;
jouncing
: to move, fall, or bounce so as to shake
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