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jounce

[ jouns ]
/ dʒaʊns /
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verb (used with or without object), jounced, jounc·ing.

to move joltingly or roughly up and down; bounce.

noun

a jouncing movement.

RELATED WORDS

impact, bump, jar, jolt, bounce, collision, jolting

Nearby words

  1. joule,
  2. joule effect,
  3. joule's law,
  4. joule, james prescott,
  5. joule-thomson effect,
  6. jour.,
  7. jourdan,
  8. jourdan, jean baptiste,
  9. journ.,
  10. journal

Origin of jounce

1400–50; late Middle English; apparently blend of joll to bump (now obsolete) and bounce
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British Dictionary definitions for jounce

jounce

/ (dʒaʊns) /

verb

to shake or jolt or cause to shake or jolt; bounce

noun

a jolting movement; shake; bump

Word Origin for jounce

C15: probably a blend of dialect joll to bump + bounce
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Word Origin and History for jounce

jounce

v.

mid-15c., of unknown origin, perhaps a blend of jump and bounce. Related: Jounced; jouncing. The noun is 1787, from the verb.

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