jounce

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Large Doll had an objection to dragon-flies, so she flung herself in with a jounce, and that closed her eyes.

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  1. intransitive and transitive verb To move or cause to move with bumps and jolts; bounce.
  2. noun A rough, jolting movement; a jolt.

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  • It was the polite way of asking a question without asking a question A jounce or two more and the spray of wiry gray and black hair nodded. —  AHMM,June2006
  • The solid-looking forms jounce, steady, fuzz out, clarify. —  FSF,August2004
  • My theory: the supermassive Chevy's front wheels smoothly pound bumps through the Earth's crust on contact, but then the rear wheels jounce over the resulting impact craters. —  Jalopnik
  • Road jolts and disturbances are further reduced by the addition of variable-rate jounce bumpers. —  WebWire | Recent Headlines
  • Rear suspension on the F-59 consists of 64-inch long tapered multi-leaf springs, premium gas-pressurized Bilstein shock absorbers, a robust stabilizer bar and variable rate jounce bumpers. —  Jalopnik
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English jouncen.

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  1. See jaunce, jaunt, v.
  2. See jaunce, jaunt, n.
 

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