jounce

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of JOUNCE

to make a series of small irregular or violent movements <a rickety cart jouncing as it was being pulled over the cobblestoned streets>

Synonyms agitate, bucket, convulse, jerk, jiggle, joggle, jolt, jounce, judder [chiefly British], quake, quiver, shudder, vibrate, wobble (also wabble)

to make short up-and-down movements <her head jounced as the horse began to gallop>

Synonyms bob, bobble, jog, jounce, pump, seesaw, wag

Related Words jerk, jiggle, shake, wiggle, wobble (also wabble); oscillate, rock, sway, swing, undulate; drop, duck

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