Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To shake (someone or something) up and down, for example, by driving a vehicle over obstructions or riding a horse roughly; to jolt.

  2. (intransitive)To move vigorously up and down; to bounce, to bump, to jolt; also, to fall and hit something heavily.

    Near-synonym: jostle

    rütteln, schütteln

    підстрибуватиpidstrybuvaty, трястисяtrjastysja

    move up and down repeatedly

Translations

2 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
(transitive) to shake (someone or something) up and down; (intransitive) to move vigorously up and down — see also jolt:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
(transitive) to shake (someone or something) up and down; (intransitive) to move vigorously up and down — see also jolt:

Origin

The verb is derived from Late Middle English *jouncen (“to jolt violently”) (evidenced by

The verb is derived from Late Middle English *jouncen (“to jolt violently”) (evidenced by jouncinge (“violent jolting movement”)); further etymology unknown, possibly imitative.

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Forms

jounces, jouncing, jounced, jounced
Base formjounce · to jounce
3rd person singularjounces
Present participlejouncing
Past simplejounced
Past participlejounced

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyjounce
he, she, itjounces

Past simpleLesson

all personsjounced

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave jounced
he, she, ithas jounced

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill jounce

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • move up and down repeatedly:bounce

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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