jounced

verb

past tense of jounce
1
as in shook
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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2
as in bobbed
to make short up-and-down movements her head jounced as the horse began to gallop

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Recent Examples of jounced Our lunch, a thermos of hot coffee, binoculars, a spotting scope, and two cameras jounced on the seat between us. — Robert Merchant, Outdoor Life, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jounced
  1. shook
  2. bobbed
  3. jerked
  4. pumped
  5. shuddered
  6. quivered
  7. vibrated
Verb
  • O’Shea shook hands with the referee and his assistants but there was no attempt to shake the hand of Israel captain Manor Solomon.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The policeman held on to Shorty’s biceps and shook them slightly, both giving the sense of a loving embrace and using his strength to lift Shorty ever so slightly off the ground and clear of the entrance.
    — Anand Giridharadas, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of shook
Verb
  • On a recent morning, surfers bobbed in the water off North Beach, not far from the rocky structure shoring up the train tracks by the sea.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
  • As the balloon carrying the cauldron rose and bobbed a couple hundred feet overhead, many got busy taking photos and recording videos and selfies.
    — Hannah Bloch, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of bobbed
Verb
  • Somewhere nearby, in a dark office, an eavesdropping oreja has just jerked to attention on his hard little chair.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026
  • 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.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 20 June 2026
Definition of jerked
Verb
  • Interim peace accords in the 1990s recognized their water rights but preserved a system that allocated some 80% of water pumped from the main aquifer for Israeli use.
    — Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The fish release ammonia through waste, which is filtered to remove solids, and what’s left is nitrates that are pumped into the pond, where the plants absorb them and grow.
    — Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of pumped
Verb
  • Conservatives shuddered to think how close the country had come to permanent entangling alliances.
    — Beverly Gage, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • McDonald’s shares fell nearly 5% Wednesday, their largest percentage drop since April 2025, as investors shuddered at the eye-popping price of improving McDonald’s 46,000 global stores.
    — Dee-Ann Durbin, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of shuddered
Verb
  • Every once in a while, when there was a pause, my eyes started to water and my body quivered and shook a little bit.
    — Peter Wilkinson, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Each time, brown leaves that had drifted from distant trees quivered and spun on the surface.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
Definition of quivered
Verb
  • The roar of the engines vibrated through the fuselage, rattling bones and teeth, while supply crates shifted and groaned with every lurch.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
  • And the universal consciousness of light that vibrated at my frequency is what saved me.
    — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of vibrated

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“Jounced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jounced. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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