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JOUNCE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sudden jarring impact

Example:

all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers

Synonyms:

jar; jolt; jounce; shock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("jounce" is a kind of...):

blow; bump (an impact (as from a collision))

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move up and down repeatedly

Synonyms:

bounce; jounce

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "jounce" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

The balls jounce

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