Literary notes about jounce (AI summary)
Writers often employ the word jounce to evoke abrupt, sometimes disruptive movement—a sudden jolt or bounce that rattles characters and objects alike. In narrative scenes, a jounce might describe the physical shock of a carriage skidding over stones or a bump that throws passengers off balance [1, 2, 3, 4], while in other moments it brings an almost playful energy to the text, suggesting a lighthearted spring or lively motion [5, 6, 7]. Additionally, jounce is used as a character’s surname, lending both a quirky identity and a memorable presence to figures such as Perry Jounce, whose very name contributes to the story’s dynamic texture [8, 9, 10]. This multifaceted use of jounce—both as a term for sudden physical movement and a means to characterize individuals—adds an engaging, kinetic quality to literary descriptions [11, 12, 13].
- The [Pg 220] wheel struck a stone, and there was a jounce; the bottom fellows wriggled out, what was left of them, and sat up, gasping.
— from The Little Gold Miners of the Sierras and Other Stories by Joaquin Miller - the men clinging to their seats [37] for dear life, to prevent being dismounted by some extra jounce, but smiling as if going to parade.
— from The Campaign of the Forty-fifth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia "The Cadet Regiment" by Charles Eustis Hubbard - Nevertheless he gave Jack another cut that made him jounce at a fearful rate up to the back veranda.
— from The Pansy Magazine, April 1886 by Various - Another moment, and with one last jounce and jolt, the two carts had rounded the turn in the road and stopped in a small clearing beside a lake.
— from Gerda in Sweden by Etta Blaisdell McDonald - But it is in going down hill, and leaping from a "jounce" that the skier is at his best.
— from Healthful Sports for Boys by A. R. (Alfred Rochefort) Calhoun - They locked arms, sat down on the davenport exactly together with a frisky jounce and shed beaming effulgence on their companions.
— from Marjorie Dean at Hamilton Arms by Josephine Chase - One hard jounce made their heads connect and they both cussed, then apologized to one another, then laughed a little.
— from Makers by Cory Doctorow - "There, I reckon he won't give no more trouble," said a voice that the detective recognized as that of Perry Jounce, the tramp.
— from Five Thousand Dollars Reward by A. Frank Pinkerton - Perry Jounce lifted the seemingly lifeless form of his sister in his arms and strode from the summer-house.
— from Five Thousand Dollars Reward by A. Frank Pinkerton - Perry Jounce accepted the explanation with a growl.
— from Five Thousand Dollars Reward by A. Frank Pinkerton - jounce , n. jolt , shake , jolting.-- v. jolt , shake , jar .
— from Putnam's Word Book A Practical Aid in Expressing Ideas Through the Use of an Exact and Varied Vocabulary by Louis A. (Louis Andrew) Flemming - jolt , n. jar , shock , jounce , jolting.-- v. shake , jar , jounce .
— from Putnam's Word Book A Practical Aid in Expressing Ideas Through the Use of an Exact and Varied Vocabulary by Louis A. (Louis Andrew) Flemming - After a moment's indecision he began awkwardly to jounce it, teeter it, rock it back and forth, and to pat it jerkily.
— from Miss Billy — Married by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter
