jounce

English

Etymology

Of unknown origin, possibly a Portmanteau / Blend of jolt +‎ bounce.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aʊns

Verb

1. (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.

Derived terms

• jouncy

Translations

To jolt; to shake, especially by rough riding or by driving over obstructions

• Bulgarian: друсам (bg) (drusam)
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Noun

jounce (countable and uncountable, plural jounces)

1. (physics) The fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time; the time derivative of jerk.