jounce

[jouns] Origin

jounce

[jouns] verb, jounced, jounc·ing, noun
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1.
to move joltingly or roughly up and down; bounce.
noun
2.
a jouncing movement.

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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English; apparently blend of joll to bump (now obsolete) and bounce
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jounce (dʒaʊns)
 
vb
1.  to shake or jolt or cause to shake or jolt; bounce
 
n
2.  a jolting movement; shake; bump
 
[C15: probably a blend of dialect joll to bump + bounce]

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jounce
c.1440, of unknown origin, perhaps a blend of jump and bounce.
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