jounce

dʒaʊns

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Definition of jounce - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

movement

Rare

sudden jarring impact or movement

Rare

The car hit a bump with a jounce.

bump

jolt

shock

physics

TECH.

fourth derivative of position in physics

TECH.

Jounce is crucial in advanced motion equations.

jerk

snap

Verb

movement

tr./intr.

Rare

shake or jolt repeatedly

tr./intr.

Rare

The bus jounced the passengers as it hit the bumps.

bounce

jolt

shake

motion

intr.

Rare

bounce up and down continuously

intr.

Rare

The children jounced on the trampoline.

bounce

bump

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Origin of jounce

Middle English, joussen (to jolt)

Examples of jounce in a sentence

The sudden jounce knocked the books off the shelf.
Engineers calculate jounce for vehicle suspension systems.
Jounce affects the design of roller coasters.
The truck jounced over the rocky terrain.
The roller coaster jounced us around the track.
The car jounced over the rough country road.

As the bus hit a bump, we all jounced in our seats.

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French:choc, secouer, ...
German:Ruck, schütteln, ...
Italian:sobbalzo, scuotere, ...
Spanish:sacudón, sacudir, ...
Portuguese:solavanco, sacudir, ...
Chinese:颠簸, 摇晃, ...
Japanese:ガタガタ, 揺さぶる, ...
Arabic:اهْتِزاز, هَزَّ, ...
Hebrew:זַעֲזוּעַ, לְטַלְטֵל, ...
Russian:толчок, трясти, ...
Ukrainian:тряска, трясти, ...
Hindi:झटका, झकझोरना, ...
Bengali:ঝাঁকুনি, ঝাঁকুনি দেওয়া, ...
Catalan:sotrac, sacsejar, ...
Czech:otřes, otřásat, ...
Danish:ryk, ryste, ...
Dutch:schok, schudden, ...
Greek:τράνταγμα, τραντάζω, ...
Hungarian:zökkenés, zötykölni, ...
Khmer:ការកន្ត្រាក់ខ្លាំង, កន្ត្រាក់, ...
Korean:충격, 흔들다, ...
Persian:تکان, تکان داد, ...
Polish:wstrząs, trząść, ...
Portuguese (BR):tranco, sacudir, ...
Romanian:zguduit, a zdruncina, ...
Swedish:skakning, skumpa, ...
Thai:การกระแทก, เขย่า, ...
Turkish:sarsıntı, sarsmak, ...
Vietnamese:cú xóc mạnh, lắc lư, ...

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