jounce

[ jouns ]

verb (used with or without object)

, jounced, jounc·ing.

1. to move joltingly or roughly up and down; bounce.

noun

1. a jouncing movement.

jounce

/ dʒaʊns /

verb

1. to shake or jolt or cause to shake or jolt; bounce

noun

1. a jolting movement; shake; bump

Word History and Origins

Origin of jounce¹

1400–50; late Middle English; apparently blend of joll to bump (now obsolete) and bounce

Word History and Origins

Origin of jounce¹

C15: probably a blend of dialect joll to bump + bounce

Example Sentences

Over the coulee burst Rooster Jim, jouncing astride his new Indian motorcycle.

From Literature

A chunk of flaming timber jounced down a sharply angled slope, smacked onto a two-lane road and hurtled into a thicket below, igniting brush along the way.

From Seattle Times

We have a few seconds of excruciating video from the jouncing camera strapped to a police officer’s uniform.

From Washington Post

Meet The Harry Kane Team, led by a striker who traumatised City’s central defenders, jouncing and grappling, always looking to spin away and dig out one of those God‑level diagonal passes.

From The Guardian

By the time the lights dimmed for the 7 p.m. show and trailers started to play, the sound system jouncing everyone’s insides, only 28 people had turned up, including myself.

From New York Times