bouncer

[boun-ser]

noun

1. a person or thing that bounces.

2. a person who is employed at a bar, nightclub, etc., to eject disorderly persons.

3. something large of its kind.

bouncer

/ ˈbaʊnsə /

noun

1. slang,  a person employed at a club, pub, disco, etc, to throw out drunks or troublemakers and stop those considered undesirable from entering

2. slang,  a dishonoured cheque

3. cricket another word for bumper 1

4. a person or thing that bounces

Word History and Origins

Origin of bouncer¹

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

Example Sentences

Proctor fired two fatal shots into the back of Brendon Glenn, 29, after a dispute with a bouncer outside a bar near the Venice Speedway in May 2015.

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She told her friends she had "cheekily" tried to take a muzungu's wallet, but a bouncer had intervened.

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One mother said she had been left "screaming" after discovering her dead son had been put in a baby bouncer "watching cartoons" in Ms Upton's living room.

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"And I knew I was going to have to wear a few bouncers if I did get on strike. Those were the anxious feelings, really. You're still pretty exposed out there."

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He hit the next Mills delivery for four, but the Brave veteran struck again next up, sending down a bouncer Salt pulled to short fine leg.

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