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Grammar : Verb
Spell : jouns
Phonetic Transcription : dʒaʊns



Definition of jouncing

Origin :
  • mid-15c., of unknown origin, perhaps a blend of jump and bounce. Related: Jounced; jouncing. The noun is 1787, from the verb.
  • As in jar : verb shock, jolt
  • As in jog : verb activate, push
  • As in jump : verb leap, spring
  • As in jump : verb recoil
  • As in rattle : verb bang, jiggle
  • As in rock : verb move back and forth
  • As in shake : verb quiver, tremble
  • As in beat : verb throb
  • As in bob : verb bounce up and down
  • As in bounce : verb spring up; rebound
  • As in bump : verb collide, hit, usually with sound
Example sentences :
  • The lawyer was jouncing along toward the house with a lantern in his hand.
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • Pain throbbed in Auguste's chest with the jouncing of the horse under him.
  • Extract from : « Shaman » by Robert Shea
  • And now he runs off, jouncing and stiff-legged to his nursery.
  • Extract from : « Chimney-Pot Papers » by Charles S. Brooks
  • What a jouncing they got when the wheels struck a stone in a rut!
  • Extract from : « The Library of Work and Play: Outdoor Work » by Mary Rogers Miller
  • Rick kept a steady speed in spite of the jouncing it gave his passengers.
  • Extract from : « The Flaming Mountain » by Harold Leland Goodwin
  • So in the jouncing, bouncing cart thereafter the four went, the little donkey not seeming to mind the load in the least.
  • Extract from : « The Four Corners Abroad » by Amy Ella Blanchard
  • Behind the jouncing vehicle Tom was shouting to them to pull em down!
  • Extract from : « Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch » by Alice B. Emerson
  • Almost confidently now he began the jouncing and teetering and rocking as before.
  • Extract from : « Miss Billy Married » by Eleanor H. Porter
  • Walter could but cling to the swaying, jouncing, skidding sled, and let the dogs go where they would.
  • Extract from : « South from Hudson Bay » by E. C. [Ethel Claire] Brill
  • In single file the long line of creaking, jouncing carts stretched far across the prairie.
  • Extract from : « South from Hudson Bay » by E. C. [Ethel Claire] Brill

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