bouncer
Americannoun
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a person or thing that bounces.
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a person who is employed at a bar, nightclub, etc., to eject disorderly persons.
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something large of its kind.
noun
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slang a person employed at a club, pub, disco, etc, to throw out drunks or troublemakers and stop those considered undesirable from entering
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slang a dishonoured cheque
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cricket another word for bumper 1
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a person or thing that bounces
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Example Sentences
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“The Scottish men I ran into in Boston were SO respectful and nice that it actually made me remember what it’s like to not have to be my own bouncer in public,” read one.
From Salon • Jun. 24, 2026
Root has been chosen over vice-captain Harry Brook, who was overlooked amid his own off-field controversy in Wellington when he was clocked by a bouncer the night before a white-ball game last winter.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026
But I think I was really a bouncer, like, “No, you can take the stairs.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
She did say, however, that she was “the first female bouncer in Berlin,” and that was “at a Hells Angel discotheque.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
The big bouncer from the entrance was hustling his way over to me.
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
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