Jounce (Noun)
Meaning
A sudden jarring impact; "the door closed with a jolt"; "all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural events.
Examples
- The bumpy road gave our car a nasty jounce as we hit a pothole at high speed.
- When she fell on the icy stairs, the jounce was so intense it knocked the wind out of her.
- After driving for hours, the car's shock absorbers had finally smoothed out the jounce of the road.
- As he went over the rough terrain on his bike, he felt every jounce in his body.
- The plane's landing was marked by a violent jounce that made several passengers cry out in alarm.