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bouncer

[ boun-ser ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person or thing that bounces.
a person who is employed at a bar, nightclub, etc., to eject disorderly persons.
something large of its kind.

bouncer

/ ˈbaʊnsə /

slang.
a person employed at a club, pub, disco, etc, to throw out drunks or troublemakers and stop those considered undesirable from entering
slang.
a dishonoured cheque
cricket another word for bumper 1
a person or thing that bounces

Origin of bouncer¹

First recorded in 1755–65; bounce + -er ¹

But the bouncer catches up with you a couple of blocks away and pops you.

He also failed a drug test and allegedly hit a bouncer so hard he punctured his eardrum.

Another bouncer found me crouched in a corner and escorted me back to the bar.

A few minutes later, the bouncer hands me a paper hat featuring an orange T-Rex about to swallow a smaller blue dinosaur.

Some said yes—but one added, "why would you want to get arrested and be a bouncer?"

To grumble, as Cox pointed out to Mrs. Bouncer, is a verb neuter meaning to complain without a cause.

Feet pounded out of the door above as Fats and the bouncer broke through.

He found himself looking up into the face of a strapping fellow who served Milligan as bouncer.

Begorra, I should know that v'ice; and I'll make the whole school shtand up togither one by one and shout, "Here's a bouncer!"

Not the least important part of the machinery is the patent “æolian bouncer,” as it is called.

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