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Definition of Jounce
1. Noun. A sudden jarring impact. "All the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers"
2. Verb. Move up and down repeatedly. "The balls jounce "
Definition of Jounce
1. v. t. & i. To jolt; to shake, especially by rough riding or by driving over obstructions.
2. n. A jolt; a shake; a hard trot.
Definition of Jounce
1. Verb. To jolt; to shake, especially by rough riding or by driving over obstructions. ¹
2. Noun. (physics) The fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time; the time derivative of acceleration. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jounce
1. to move roughly up and down [v JOUNCED, JOUNCING, JOUNCES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jounce
Literary usage of Jounce
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Words Used in East Anglia by Walter Rye, Robert Forby (1895)
"jounce. To bounce, thump, and jolt, as rough riders are wont to do. Journey.
The time a man is at plough, generally about six hours. ..."
2. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1912)
"On all the evidence, if the court is satisfied that the cause of the plaintiffs
injury was the jolt or jounce of the car, as testified to by her and her ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"26 ; where another reading is jounce. It also means to ramble, rove, id. ii. ...
ly from the Scandinavian, whilst the form jounce came to us mediately ..."
4. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"jounce. To shake. 1833 Mind how ye jounce that air chist about ! Have to pay for
all ye break.—John Neal, ' The Down-Easters,' i. ..."
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