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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jounce.

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Examples

  • She is dancing a small hand mirror in front of her face trying to put mascara on as the car jounces up the rough driveway.

    Healer Carol Wiley Cassella 2010

  • This is a piece that jounces, slides and sings, and is also very sagely written, getting lots of mileage from dancing little shreds of music, which are changed, replayed and combined in just the right way.

    A Young, Hip, Classical Crowd 2009

  • As the author jounces over rugged forest paths on a motorbike, he comes upon a settlement where human bones lie scattered, "white among the green undergrowth."

    Solo in the Congo Geoff Wisner 2008

  • It was also a rough trip, full of bounces, jounces, drops, sideways lurches, and other exciting contraventions of gravity.

    Thin Air Rachel Caine 2007

  • Using his free hand and his teeth, he unties the knotted neck of a cloth sack, into which he deftly jounces the snake.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • Using his free hand and his teeth, he unties the knotted neck of a cloth sack, into which he deftly jounces the snake.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • The parson's predecessor had long ago replaced the horsehair-covered seats with more practical but far less comfortable wooden ones, and as the coach rolled away, she had to hang on with both hands to guard herself from sliding across the polished slats during the bumps and jounces.

    The Gates Of Sleep Lackey, Mercedes 2002

  • The damned thing bucks, jounces, and lurches like some clanking three-legged iron stegosaurus trying to shake off lice.

    Passage at Arms Cook, Glen 1985

  • There were rattles, squeaks and a fair amount of jounces.

    The Ninja Lustbader, Eric 1980

  • Through this vast kinetic sea he jounces, metal jangling, dusty leather creaking, the grime of travel heavy upon him.

    beneath an opal moon Lustbader, Eric 1980

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