JOUNCE

jolt, jar, jounce, shock

(noun) a sudden jarring impact; “the door closed with a jolt”; “all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers”

bounce, jounce

(verb) move up and down repeatedly

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

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

(ambitransitive) To jolt; to shake, especially by rough riding or by driving over obstructions.

Noun

jounce (countable and uncountable, plural jounces)

(physics) The fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time; the time derivative of jerk.

Source: Wiktionary


Jounce, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Jounced; p. pr. & vb. n. Jouncing.] Etym: [Cf. Jaunce.]

Definition: To jolt; to shake, especially by rough riding or by driving over obstructions.

Jounce, n.

Definition: A jolt; a shake; a hard trot.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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