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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