bouncer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbaʊn.sə/
enpr: bounʹ-sər
ipa: /ˈboʊn.sɚ/
rhymes: -aʊnsə(ɹ)
Forms: form: bouncers
Etymology: From bounce + -er.
Senses: examples: text: At 199 centimetres and a hundred kilos going up, he was scary big and he found work as a bouncer and enforcer[.]
ref: 2010, Peter Corris, Torn Apart, Allen and Unwin, page 117:
synonyms: doorman
chucker-out
glosses: A member of security personnel employed by bars, nightclubs, etc. to decide who can enter, maintain order, and deal with patrons who cause trouble.
examples: text: ‘You try to hit the bouncer that you should duck under. Your bat misses it completely. The ball strikes your temple, whack!’
ref: 1998, Kamila Shamsie, In the City by the Sea, Bloomsbury (2004), page 165:
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: bumper
glosses: A short-pitched ball that bounces up towards, or above the height of the batsman’s head.
synonyms: BNC
glosses: An account or server (as with IRC and FTP) that invisibly redirects requests to another, used for anonymity or vanity.
examples: text: "Why, I'll tell you, Mr. Simple; he's a good tempered, kind fellow enough, but—" / "But what?" / "Such a bouncer!!" / "How do you mean? He's not a very stout man." / "Bless you, Mr. Simple, why don't you understand English. I mean that he's the greatest liar that ever walked a deck.[…]"
ref: 1833, [Frederick Marryat], chapter XII, in Peter Simple. […], volume II, London: Saunders and Otley, […], published 1834, →OCLC, page 190:
glosses: One who bounces; a large, heavy person who makes much noise in moving.
glosses: A boaster; a bully.
examples: text: The stone must be a bouncer.
ref: 1842, Thomas De Quincey, “Modern Greece”, in Blackwood's Magazine:
synonyms: whopper
glosses: Something big; a good stout example of the kind.
examples: text: "… when he wants to accomplish his purpose, he does not hesitate to invent—I am not quite sure of the word, but I think it is “bouncers.”
ref: 1877, W. S. Gilbert, “Engaged”, in Original Plays, Second Series, London: Chatto & Windus, published 1899, page 83:
synonyms: whopper
glosses: A bold lie.
examples: text: "Why, I'll tell you, Mr. Simple; he's a good tempered, kind fellow enough, but—" / "But what?" / "Such a bouncer!!" / "How do you mean? He's not a very stout man." / "Bless you, Mr. Simple, why don't you understand English. I mean that he's the greatest liar that ever walked a deck.[…]"
ref: 1833, [Frederick Marryat], chapter XII, in Peter Simple. […], volume II, London: Saunders and Otley, […], published 1834, →OCLC, page 190:
glosses: A liar.
glosses: A bouncy castle.
examples: text: He shook his head and took up the child—Dilly kicked out her feet in tiny electric jolts to the full stretch of the Babygro.[…]He put the child in the bouncer again.
ref: 2019, Kevin Barry, Night Boat to Tangier, New York: Doubleday, →ISBN, pages 82–83:
glosses: A kind of seat mounted in a framework in which a baby can bounce up and down.
examples: text: Noting a shop where goods are piled on the counter, or within reach, a man goes in called a bouncer, and generally asks to look at some handkerchiefs, selecting a time when there is only one shopman in the way, breakfast-time for instance; whilst this is going on, a well-dressed youth comes in with a blue bag in his hand, asking for shoe-ties, or some trifling article. Now the work begins; […]
ref: 1832, Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, volume 6, page 478:
glosses: Short for shop-bouncer
Derived terms: baby bouncer
bouncerly
shop-bouncer