jounce

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)

CIDE DICTIONARY

jounce, v. t. & i. [Cf. Jaunce.].

 To jolt; to shake, especially by rough riding or by driving over obstructions.  [1913 Webster]

jounce, n. 

 A jolt; a shake; a hard trot.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

jounce, v.tr. & intr. bump, bounce, jolt.

Etymology

ME: orig. unkn.

THESAURUS

jounce

bob, bobble, bounce, bump, chatter, collision, concussion, didder, falter, have an ague, hustle, impingement, jactitate, jar, jog, joggle, jolt, jostle, jump, percussion, quake, quaver, quiver, shake, shiver, shock, shudder, tremble, twitter, vibrate, wallop, wobble

ROGET THESAURUS

jounce

Agitation

VB be agitated, shake, tremble, tremble like an aspen leaf, quiver, quaver, quake, shiver, twitter, twire, writhe, toss, shuffle, tumble, stagger, bob, reel, sway, wag, waggle, wriggle, wriggle like an eel, dance, stumble, shamble, flounder, totter, flounce, flop, curvet, prance, cavort, squirm, throb, pulsate, beat, palpitate, go pitapat, flutter, flitter, flicker, bicker, bustle, ferment, effervesce, foam, boil, boil over, bubble up, simmer, toss about, jump about, jump like a parched pea, shake like an aspen leaf, shake to its center, shake to its foundations, be the sport of the winds and waves, reel to and fro like a drunken man, move from post to pillar and from pillar to post, drive from post to pillar and from pillar to post, keep between hawk and buzzard, agitate, shake, convulse, toss, tumble, bandy, wield, brandish, flap, flourish, whisk, jerk, hitch, jolt, jog, joggle, jostle, buffet, hustle, disturb, stir, shake up, churn, jounce, wallop, whip, vellicate.