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jounced

jounced is the simple past and past participle of jounce.

Meaning of jounce

Verb

jounce (third-person singular simple present jounces, present participle jouncing, simple past and past participle jounced)

  1. (transitive) To shake (someone or something) up and down, for example, by driving a vehicle over obstructions or riding a horse roughly; to jolt.
    • If any vvillbe ſo vvilfull as to denie Riding to be an exerciſe and that a great one, and fitteſt alſo for greateſt perſonages, ſet him either vpon a trotting iade to iounſe him thoroughly or vpon a lame hakney to make him exerciſe his feete, vvhen his courſer failes him.1581, Richard Mulcaster, “Of Riding”, in Positions wherin Those Primitive Circvmstances be Examined, which are Necessarie for the Training Vp of Children, either for Skill in Their Booke, or Health...
  2. (intransitive) To move vigorously up and down; to bounce, to bump, to jolt; also, to fall and hit something heavily.
    • Near-synonym: jostle
    Synonyms:
    jostle

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Questions about jounced

What is jounced the simple past and past participle of?
Jounced is the simple past and past participle of jounce.

Words near jounced in the dictionary

  1. Joulwan
  2. Joulwans
  3. Joumana
  4. joumou
  5. jounce
  6. jounced
  7. jounces
  8. jouncier
  9. jounciest
  10. jouncing
  11. jouncingly

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