NOUN
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a sudden jarring impact
all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers
the door closed with a jolt
VERB
- move up and down repeatedly
How To Use jounce In A Sentence
- Fancy and Kit jounced along redbrick streets past low, colorful buildings. Slice Of Cherry
- They hop on anyway, sidesaddle, legs dangling, with baskets, with boxes, with a small kid or whatever, and jounce around town. 4 Campoalegre « Unknowing
- The rough back roads and trails they took made the litter jounce and sway nauseatingly. THE CURSE OF CHALION
- The boat jounced once off the river bottom, rocking its passengers.
- Spring suspension had not yet arrived, and the carriage body jounced against a hard leather strap that kept it from crashing through the wheels. The King's Best Highway
- Were here, announced Jace as the smooth roll of wheels over pavement turned to the jounce of cobblestones. Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series
- The eight occupants began to "jounce" when opposite the Orde place, and Bobby saw with admiration that this was a The Adventures of Bobby Orde
- The truck jounced frequently, banging his head against the doorframe and it was hard to get comfortable.
- His running jounced her around, making her ribs sore.
- The operator can then use his own judgment in deciding whether the vehicle needs to be jounced.