jounce
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aʊns
Verb
jounce (third-person singular simple present jounces, present participle jouncing, simple past and past participle jounced)
- (transitive, intransitive) To jolt; to shake, especially by rough riding or by driving over obstructions.
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Library of America, 1985, p.51:
- She felt herself swooping, then she was lying on the bed beside Gowan, on her back, jouncing to the dying chatter of the shucks.
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Library of America, 1985, p.51:
Derived terms
Translations
To jolt; to shake, especially by rough riding or by driving over obstructions
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