bouncer
Americannoun
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bouncers
plural
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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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Origin of bouncer
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DiMario Thomas Sr., a bar bouncer who witnessed Glenn’s death, said Proctor practically begged him to back his version of events after the shooting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
In the snap, Stokes unleashes a bouncer to a flinching Mohammed Siraj, the India tailender.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
The next night he came prepared with his passport but still got turned away by the bouncer at the West End sports bar Sullivan’s Tap.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Andy Pages chopped a slow bouncer up the middle, and Turner charged.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Once inside, I look back and see the bouncer holding Gary by the shoulders, and Gary grimacing while staring at his hand.
From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan
On some nights so many people show up that Lidl employs a team of bouncers to keep the thirsty clientele in check.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
This would allow the bouncers to be seen on camera checking an ID even while letting people slip past anyway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
"Then you have to prop it up with junior artistes, which is an additional expenditure besides catering, electricity, vanity vans and bouncers."
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
Smith became visibly angry when describing a billboard in the county promoting ICE as “the bouncers of America.”
From Slate ● May 4, 2026
I turned my head and spotted Luno stomping back and forth under the dock lights, hollering furiously at the two bouncers on the top deck.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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