bouncer
English
/ˈbaʊnsə(ɹ)/, /ˈbaʊnsə˞/
noun
Definitions
- (informal) A member of security personnel employed by bars, nightclubs, etc to maintain order and deal with patrons who cause trouble.
- (cricket) A short-pitched ball that bounces up towards, or above the height of the batsman’s head.
- (Internet) An account or server (as with IRC and FTP) that invisibly redirects requests to another, used for anonymity or vanity.
- (dated) One who bounces; a large, heavy person who makes much noise in moving.
- (slang) A boaster; a bully.
- (slang) A bold lie.
- (slang) A liar.
- Something big; a good stout example of the kind.
- A bouncy castle.
- A kind of seat mounted in a framework in which a baby can bounce up and down.
Etymology
Affix from English bounce (leave).
Origin
English
bounce
Gloss
leave
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antibounce English
- bonanza English
- boncer English
- bonzer English
- bounce English
- bounceable English
- bounceback English
- bouncedown English
- bounceless English
- bouncerly English
- bounceth English
- bouncy English
- debounce English
- keybounce English
- moon bounce English
- moonbounce English
- multibounce English
- postbounce English
- rebounce English
- superbounce English
- bounssata Finnish
- bon French
- bonanza Spanish, Castilian
- bunsen Middle English