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bouncer|ˈbaʊnsə(r)|
[f. bounce v. + -er1.]
1. One who bounces (sense 4 of the vb.).
1762Foote Lyar iii. (1776) 56 Nor is the character of my son to be blasted with the breath of a bouncer. 1776in Priv. Lett. 1st Ld. Malmesbury I. 351 The Nabob, the greatest Bouncer of all those Bouncers, comes out of gaol. 1876World No. 115. 20 The old maid..does not stand the slightest chance unless she be of the gushing bouncer class.
2. a. A boaster, bully, swaggering liar. b. in Thieves' slang (see quot. 1862).
1833Marryat P. Simple xxxi, He's a..kind fellow enough, but..Such a bouncer! 1862Mayhew Crim. Prisons 46 Bouncers and besters who cheat by laying wagers.
3. A ‘bouncing’ or ‘thumping’ lie.
1805G. Colman J. Bull ii. iii. (L.) You know..what a bouncer you told me.
4. A large specimen of its kind; a ‘thumper’.
1842De Quincey in Blackw. Mag. July 127/2 The stone must be a bouncer. 1872H. W. Taunt Map Thames 15 See, I've got a roach, and a bouncer. Colloq. She was a bouncer.
5. One engaged to eject undesirable or unruly persons from a saloon, ballroom, etc.; a ‘chucker-out’. colloq. (orig. U.S.).
1865Nat. Police Gaz. (U.S.) 29 Apr. 4/2 Old Moyamensing is almost as famous for its lawless gangs of boys and young men, as it was in the days of the ‘killers’ and ‘bouncers’. 1883Daily News 26 July 4/8 The Bouncer..is merely the English ‘chucker out’. When liberty verges on licence and gaiety on wanton delirium, the Bouncer selects the gayest of the gay, and—bounces him. 1888A. C. Gunter Mr. Potter xx, Several of the fighting brigade of the establishment, that in American slang would be termed ‘bouncers’. 1903A. Adams Log Cowboy xiii. 204 The bouncer of the dance hall of course had his eye on our crowd. 1938Wodehouse Summer Moonshine i. 19 He held down a job for a time as bouncer at some bar. 1961Evening Standard 21 Aug. 12/6 Bouncers required for dance Sat. evenings.
6. A ball that bounces high; spec. in Cricket, one that rises sharply off the pitch.
1913Cricket 305/2 Every bowler pitches short sometimes, and when..he does so the resultant..‘bouncer’..is no more than an ordinary risk. 1955Times 24 June 14/1 Heine's first ball, a bouncer, was as the drawing of a sword. |