jounce

J j

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [jouns]
- /dʒaʊns/
- /dʒaʊns/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [jouns]
- /dʒaʊns/

Definitions of jounce word

noun jounce a jouncing movement. 1
noun jounce Jolt or bounce. 1
verb jounce to shake or jolt or cause to shake or jolt; bounce 0
noun jounce a jolting movement; shake; bump 0
verb transitive jounce to shake, jolt, or bounce, as in riding 0
noun jounce a bounce or jolt 0

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Origin of jounce

First appearance:

before 1400

One of the 24% oldest English words

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

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Parts of speech for Jounce

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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jounce popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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Synonyms for jounce

verb jounce

stir up — to move one's hand or an implement continuously or repeatedly through (a liquid or other substance) in order to cool, mix, agitate, dissolve, etc., any or all of the component parts: to stir one's coffee with a spoon.
curvet — a low leap with all four feet off the ground
snap back — a sudden rebound or recovery.
set in motion — prompt, cause to begin
parachute — a folding, umbrellalike, fabric device with cords supporting a harness or straps for allowing a person, object, package, etc., to float down safely through the air from a great height, especially from an aircraft, rendered effective by the resistance of the air that expands it during the descent and reduces the velocity of its fall.

noun jounce

bouncing — If you say that someone is bouncing with health, you mean that they are very healthy. You can also refer to a bouncing baby.
collision — A collision occurs when a moving object crashes into something.
impact — the striking of one thing against another; forceful contact; collision: The impact of the colliding cars broke the windshield.
jolt — Java Open Language Toolkit
jolting — to jar, shake, or cause to move by or as if by a sudden rough thrust; shake up roughly: The bus jolted its passengers as it went down the rocky road.

All 33 Synonyms of jounce