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Webster 1913 Edition


Jounce

Jounce

(jouns)
,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Jounced
(jounst)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Jouncing
(joun′sĭng)
.]
[Cf.
Jaunce
.]
To jolt; to shake, especially by rough riding or by driving over obstructions.

Jounce

,
Noun.
A jolt; a shake; a hard trot.

Definition 2024


jounce

jounce

English

Verb

jounce (third-person singular simple present jounces, present participle jouncing, simple past and past participle jounced)

  1. 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

Noun

jounce (plural jounces)

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