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  • verb Present participle of jounce.

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Examples

  • He shoved his daggers into the empty sheaths on his belt as he ran, disentangling his baldric and slinging it over his shoulders, his sword jouncing in its scabbard.

    Kushiel's Avatar Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- 2003

  • One of Jakie's amusements was dancing across the back of a tall chair, taking funny little steps, coming down hard, "jouncing" his body, and whistling as loud as he could.

    Types of Children's Literature Walter Barnes

  • One of Jakie's amusements was dancing across the back of a tall chair, taking funny little steps, coming down hard, "jouncing" his body, and whistling as loud as he could.

    Good Stories for Holidays Frances Jenkins Olcott 1917

  • One of Jakie's amusements was dancing across the back of a tall chair, taking funny little steps, coming down hard, "jouncing" his body, and whistling as loud as he could.

    Good Stories for Great Holidays 1914

  • His wife insisted on me putting down the jar, and offered to set her foot on it so that it would not ` jounce 'much, but I did not propose to risk it' jouncing 'at all, and clung to it persistently.

    Moths of the Limberlost Gene Stratton-Porter 1893

  • I could not discover that he had any evil intention, except just to see what was going on, but one of the pair flew at him with loud cries, which I heard for some time after the two had disappeared in the distance, and when our bird returned, he perched on an evergreen, bowing and "jouncing" violently, his manner plainly defying the enemy to "try it again."

    A Bird-Lover in the West Olive Thorne Miller 1874

  • "jouncing" herself violently, thus protesting against my intrusion; while he saluted me with squawks that made the welkin ring.

    A Bird-Lover in the West Olive Thorne Miller 1874

  • Sergeant Morrison tackled him and they tumbled into the ravine together, jouncing along the ground until they crashed into a clump of dry bushes.

    The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011

  • The truck lurched forward, jouncing along a dirt track that twisted between the sand dunes.

    The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011

  • I had a great time jouncing along on an ATV across barely-tracked rough terrain.

    MDRS-88 sol 10: Snow Day 2010

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