as in collision
a forceful coming together of two things
we felt a definite jounce every time the car hit a pothole
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as in to shake
to make a series of small irregular or violent movements
a rickety cart jouncing as it was being pulled over the cobblestoned streets
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Recent Examples of jounce
Carlos Lago, Car and Driver, 24 Jan. 2022
Joe DeAngelo was thick-muscled and dough-faced, with an odd jounce to his gait.
—Tribune News Service, oregonlive.com, 22 June 2019
Robert Merchant, Outdoor Life, 1 Oct. 2025
Tailbone pain sometimes can arise after sitting on a hard surface for a long time, or sitting on an ill-fitting or jouncing seat.
—Mayo Clinic, chicagotribune.com, 19 Aug. 2019
The frame shape and temple design must harmonize with your helmet lest the glasses jounce around or, worse, rub your skull wrong.
—Aaron Gulley, Outside Online, 13 June 2018
This band has a rare instrumentation — tenor saxophone, tuba, two drummers — and a relentless, jouncing sound anchored in rhythms of the Caribbean.
—Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2018
Early mornings and midafternoons at Ranthambore see a restricted number of open-air vehicles shuttling tourists into the park to jounce along five dusty trail routes, each stretching a few miles.
—Christopher Smith, Orange County Register, 11 May 2017
Noun
Additional front and rear jounce dampers help absorb the load after landing sweet jumps, while new braces on the trailer hitch help increase the tow rating to 4500 pounds.
—Carlos Lago, Car and Driver, 24 Jan. 2022
Joe DeAngelo was thick-muscled and dough-faced, with an odd jounce to his gait.
—Tribune News Service, oregonlive.com, 22 June 2019
Verb
Our lunch, a thermos of hot coffee, binoculars, a spotting scope, and two cameras jounced on the seat between us.
—Robert Merchant, Outdoor Life, 1 Oct. 2025
Tailbone pain sometimes can arise after sitting on a hard surface for a long time, or sitting on an ill-fitting or jouncing seat.
—Mayo Clinic, chicagotribune.com, 19 Aug. 2019
The frame shape and temple design must harmonize with your helmet lest the glasses jounce around or, worse, rub your skull wrong.
—Aaron Gulley, Outside Online, 13 June 2018
This band has a rare instrumentation — tenor saxophone, tuba, two drummers — and a relentless, jouncing sound anchored in rhythms of the Caribbean.
—Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2018
Early mornings and midafternoons at Ranthambore see a restricted number of open-air vehicles shuttling tourists into the park to jounce along five dusty trail routes, each stretching a few miles.
—Christopher Smith, Orange County Register, 11 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jounce
Noun
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The logic behind this is that supermassive black hole binaries, which spiral together to lead to collisions and mergers, emit gravitational waves of increasing frequency as their orbits shrink, creating a background hum of gravitational waves.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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Working out the math for the collision of, say, two five-solar-mass black holes, the amount of energy blasted out in less than a second by such a merger would be roughly the same as the sun will emit in seven trillion years.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
13 Feb. 2026
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In recent editions, the rosters were drafted by James, Durant and Antetokounmpo in an attempt to shake things up.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
13 Feb. 2026
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Jothan saw us and shook our hands, as did Michael Ray, but Sun Ra scuffled by with an air of depthless blankness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Several giant foam fingers bobbed above the crowd.—
Martin Silva Rey,
Fortune,
10 Feb. 2026
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And many of them were side-stepping and bobbing along to a set by DJ Mace, who was also busting moves nonstop, even when the cameras weren't on him.—
Pien Huang,
NPR,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Brew a coffee Most people are aware that java can give them a jolt.—
Katharine Gammon,
Time,
6 Feb. 2026
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With reactive Uranus stationing direct in your 5th House of Creativity, a passion project or date idea gets a jolt, inviting you to try something new on a whim.—
Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The room sighs in relief a second later when Buckley reanimates, jerking and flailing like a soul possessed, grinning maniacally — all on purpose, inspired by the earlier veil snafu.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Feb. 2026
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Some signs that the carburetor is clogged on a snow blower are starting then dying a few seconds afterward, jerking, sputtering noises, and black smoke emitting from the exhaust.—
David Beaulieu,
The Spruce,
1 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Both contributions were pumped into the Illinois Future PAC, a political action committee run by Pritzker allies that supports Stratton.—
Rick Pearson,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2026
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Kagiyama highlighted Japan’s performances Saturday, pumping both fists after his program.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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Pitchers and catchers report This week, Albernaz gets a glimpse of his pitching staff and catchers, before the thump of an offensive lineup joins the workouts.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
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For what felt like an eternity — but was really 20 minutes — the whole place was enveloped in an eerie silence, the only sound being the steady thump of techno-pop playing through the loudspeakers.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Karen Powers shuddered at what the adjuster said next, Shaun Powers said.—
J.C. Hallman,
Oklahoman,
10 Feb. 2026
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Her body shuddered in a wave of tremors.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Jounce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jounce. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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