jouncing

verb

present participle of jounce
1
as in shaking
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 bobbing
to make short up-and-down movements her head jounced as the horse began to gallop

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jouncing
  1. shaking
  2. bobbing
  3. jerking
  4. pumping
  5. shuddering
  6. vibrating
  7. quivering
Verb
  • White slammed Garry for shaking hands and embracing Makhachev before the final round.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Yohanna Embu, a resident of Sikka, a regency in East Nusa Tenggara, said a number of buildings were damaged by the strong shaking and panicked people ran to higher ground.
    — Yacob Herin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of shaking
Verb
  • Despite Sarah’s flapping her cardigan in the air like a hungover color-guard girl at a homecoming parade, the hapless Irish naval men sent to save her remained beyond the bobbing waves.
    — Claire Carusillo, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Rapp and his crewmate, Suzanne Driscoll, hoisted a lobster trap marked by a bobbing buoy from the Casco Bay.
    — Natalie B. Compton The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of bobbing
Verb
  • Stuttering lines, on the left, jerking up and down, denote the rattle of guns; on the right, the lines are all but flat, as silence descends.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Logan Howlett, got a tear-jerking send-off in James Mangold’s Logan.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 27 July 2026
Definition of jerking
Verb
  • There are also some manual vacuums available that rely on a pumping action from the user.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Signs are also posted near the pumping station warning of alligators.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of pumping
Verb
  • These seemingly innocuous incidents attain new significance as they’re revisited alongside a slow crescendo that suddenly turns to shuddering piano chords on the track’s bridge.
    — Nick Ayres DeMasi, Pitchfork, 1 July 2026
  • Choose Baits with Vibration Lipless crankbaits earn their keep each spring, as their shuddering motion creates the bait-mimicking tremors to which bass respond.
    — David A. Brown, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2026
Definition of shuddering
Verb
  • The mouth fiddle belongs to a family of instruments that are orally modulated, lending qualities of the human voice to the sound waves emitted by a vibrating string.
    — Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • The wallpaper in many of the rooms was removed due to the possibility of vibrating machinery damaging the delicate paper.
    — Ben Jureidini, Vanity Fair, 21 July 2026
Definition of vibrating
Verb
  • But each of its eight-and-a-half minutes introduces a subtle mutation, rotating buzzing electronics and quivering guitars into the spotlight.
    — Arman Khan, Pitchfork, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Located on the street level of the Harbor Boulevard complex, the new shop gives dessert-loving denizens another place to pick up the quivering treat.
    — Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 26 May 2026
Definition of quivering
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