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How to use bouncer in a sentence

22 example sentences · noun

Bouncer means a person or thing that bounces something, such as a ball. Example: “The bouncer was a big, buff dude with tattoos, a shaved head, and a serious scowl.”

Examples of bouncer by meaning

nounA short-pitched ball that bounces up towards, or above the height of the batsman’s head.

  • ‘You try to hit the bouncer that you should duck under.1998, Kamila Shamsie, In the City by the Sea, Bloomsbury (2004), page 165

More sentences with bouncer

  • The bouncer was a big, buff dude with tattoos, a shaved head, and a serious scowl.From the entry buff
  • If you get aggressive, the bouncer will show you to the door.From the entry show
  • The bouncer shouted “Buzz off!” and kicked me out of the establishment.From the entry buzz off
  • The bowler was bowling a bouncer so he uppercut the ball for six.From the entry uppercut
  • Did you see her lay the smack down on the bouncer?From the entry lay the smack down
  • The casino kept in the break room a set of pictures of known sharps for the bouncers to see.From the entry sharp
  • After the bouncer gave him a solid belt to the gut, Simon had suddenly had enough of bar fights.From the entry belt
  • I was elbowed out of the way by the bouncer.From the entry out of the way
  • You see the bouncer on the door? His name's John.From the entry on the door
  • The bouncer stumbles back, as the other bouncer grabs Tank, in a bear-hug.2019 July 8, Demetrius Divine Carey, “Section 2”, in One Man's Money: A Novel, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 44. From the entry squirmish
  • We enter a loud bar with a buffly built bouncer blocking the door.2003, H. T. Brashears, Dragon Hues, page 43. From the entry buffly
  • Darrell and Michael move in- but, before the inevitable squirmish ensues, another bouncer quickly moves toward the incident.2019 July 8, Demetrius Divine Carey, “Section 2”, in One Man's Money: A Novel, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 44. From the entry squirmish
  • Just who is and isn’t on London’s glittering guest list this summer would bewilder even the most fearsome bomber-jacketed bouncer.2012 May 24, Tom Peck, “VIP treatment: Life is golden in the Olympic fast lane”, in The Independent, number 7994, page 14. From the entry bomber-jacketed
  • Pulling your trenchcoat up around your bumfluffed cheeks and sneaking past the bouncers for a crafty pint of Best on Deansgate.2008 -, Stuart Maconie, Pies and Prejudice: In search of the North, →ISBN, page 100. From the entry bumfluffed
  • “Time to go home, man.” A thick hand drags me up without effort, and I'm staring into the face of the Ray-Banned bouncer.2018 March, Gae Polisner, In Sight of Stars: A Novel, New York, NY: Wednesday Books, →ISBN, page 32. From the entry Ray-Banned
  • Bouncers had kids in full nelson headlocks as we were rushed out the side door because we were told it was too dangerous.2017 July 18, Daniel Dylan Wray, quoting Martin Rev, “‘It was like going into the trenches’: how Suicide rioted against plastic punk”, in…. From the entry full nelson
  • When the group asked why, the bouncer – gatekeeper, arbiter, paveside general – characterised this frustration and reasonable request for information as aggression.2015 July 6, Hugh Muir, “How dodgy door policies keep black people out of nightclubs”, in The Guardian. From the entry paveside
  • We'd give him a bit of verbal, out would come the bouncers, chucking their weight about, and it would all end in a right tear-up.2013, Lenny McLean, The Guv'nor. From the entry verbal
  • Wendy getting as close to Joanne as the bouncer will allow and urging, “Take a pill, Joanne, take a big fat chill pill.2011, K. M. Soehnlein, Robin And Ruby, page 122. From the entry take a pill
  • As Simon's obnoxious protest began to draw local attention, the bouncer slipped up behind him and repeated Mike's earlier choke-hold . . . with escalated force.2004, Michael Pinchot, Panamanian Tundra, page 145. From the entry choke-hold
  • At Boy Bar, the bouncers, two tall, emaciated young men with shellacked hair under their bowler hats, were standing just inside the door to escape the cold.1986, David Leavitt, The Lost Language of Cranes, paperback edition, Penguin, page 41. From the entry shellacked

Meaning of bouncer

  1. noun A person or thing that bounces something, such as a ball.
  2. noun A member of security personnel employed by bars, nightclubs, etc. to decide who can enter, maintain order, and deal with patrons who cause trouble.
  3. noun A short-pitched ball that bounces up towards, or above the height of the batsman’s head.

Full definition of bouncer

Questions about bouncer in a sentence

How do you use bouncer in a sentence?
Bouncer is used as a noun. For example: “The bouncer was a big, buff dude with tattoos, a shaved head, and a serious scowl.”
What is a short sentence with bouncer?
“I was elbowed out of the way by the bouncer.”
What does bouncer mean?
Bouncer means a person or thing that bounces something, such as a ball.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bouncer (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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