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jouncing

jouncing is the present participle and gerund 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

See all 4 meanings of jounce

Noun

jouncing (plural jouncings)

  1. A motion that jounces.
    • Your twitchings and jouncings disturb me excessively.1843, The Knickerbocker, volumes 21-22, page 73

Forms of jouncing

pluraljouncings

Questions about jouncing

What does jouncing mean?
Jouncing means a motion that jounces.
What is jouncing the present participle and gerund of?
Jouncing is the present participle and gerund of jounce.
What part of speech is jouncing?
Jouncing is a noun.
What is the plural of jouncing?
The plural of jouncing is jouncings.

Words near jouncing in the dictionary

  1. jounce
  2. jounced
  3. jounces
  4. jouncier
  5. jounciest
  6. jouncing
  7. jouncingly
  8. jouncings
  9. jouncy
  10. Joung
  11. Joungs

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