bouncern.
/ˈbaʊnsə/, U.S. /ˈbaʊnsər/ 1. One who bounces (bounce v. 4).
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the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [noun] > person
jettera1400
flirdom?a1500
facerc1500
termagant1508
rutterkina1529
bellomy1535
bystour1535
roister1549
swash1549
rush-buckler1551
roisterkin1553
swashbuckler1560
dash-buckler1567
swinge-buckler?1577
whiffler1581
huff-snuff1582
swish-swash1582
fixnet1583
swag1588
swasher?1589
kill-cow1590
roister-doister1592
dagger1597
flaunting Fabian1598
tisty-tosty1598
huff-cap1600
swaggerer1600
burgullian1601
huff-muff1602
tear-cat1606
blusterer1609
wag-feather1611
wind-cutter1611
bilbo-lorda1625
tearer1633
cacafuegoa1640
bravado1643
Hector1655
scaramouch1662
swashado1663
huffer1664
bluster-mastera1670
Drawcansir1672
bully huff1673
huff1674
belswagger1680
valienton1681
blunderbuss1685
Draw can bully1698
bouncer1764
Bobadil1771
bounce1819
pistol1828
sacripant1829
hufty1847
bucko1883
1764 S. Foote Lyar iii. ii. 52 Nor is the character of my son to be blasted with the breath of a bouncer.
1776 in Priv. Lett. 1st Ld. Malmesbury I. 351 The Nabob, the greatest Bouncer of all those Bouncers, comes out of gaol.
1876 World 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.
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1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. xii. 190 He's a..kind fellow enough, but..Such a bouncer!
b. in Thieves' slang (see quot. 1862).
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > better > cheat
ramper1819
bouncer1862
1862 H. Mayhew & J. Binny Criminal Prisons of London 46 Bouncers and besters who cheat by laying wagers.
3. A ‘bouncing’ or ‘thumping’ lie.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > a falsehood, lie > blatant, extravagant
a lie with a latchet1580
rapper1611
banger1657
thumper1660
whisker1668
swinger1671
thwacker1674
strapper1677
volunteer1680
hummer1699
swapperc1700
rouser?1770
plumper1776
whopper1791
bouncer1803
yanker1822
rattler1825
whacker1825
falsism1835
crumper1855
bang1879
out-and-outer1880
big lie1939
1803 G. Colman John Bull ii. iii. 35 You know..what a bouncer you told me.
4. A large specimen of its kind; a ‘thumper’.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > an exceptionally large thing of its kind
swinger1599
rapper1653
thumper1660
whisker1668
spanker1751
slapper1781
whopper1785
skelper1790
smasher1794
pelter1811
swapper1818
jumbo1823
sneezer1823
whacker1825
whanger1825
infant1832
bulger1835
three-decker1835
bouncer1842
snorter1859
whalera1860
plonker1862
bruiser1868
snapper1874
plumper1881
boomer1885
heavy1897
sollicker1898
sanakatowzer1903
Moby Dicka1974
stonker1987
1842 T. De Quincey in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 127/2 The stone must be a bouncer.
1872 H. W. Taunt Map of Thames 15 See, I've got a roach, and a bouncer.
1887 N.E.D. at Bouncer Colloq. She was a bouncer.
5. One engaged to eject undesirable or unruly persons from a saloon, ballroom, etc.; a ‘chucker-out’. colloquial (originally U.S.).
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > expulsion or driving out > specific people from a place, position, or possession > ignominious or forcible > one who
throwera1616
bouncer1865
1865 National 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’.
1883 Daily 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.
1888 A. C. Gunter Mr. Potter xx Several of the fighting brigade of the establishment, that in American slang would be termed ‘bouncers’.
1903 A. Adams Log of Cowboy xiii. 204 The bouncer of the dance hall of course had his eye on our crowd.
1938 P. G. Wodehouse Summer Moonshine i. 19 He held down a job for a time as bouncer at some bar.
1961 Evening 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.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > types of delivery or ball
full toss1826
long hop1830
twister1832
bail ball1833
bailer1833
grubber1837
slow ball1838
wide1838
ground ball1839
shooter1843
slower ball1846
twiddler1847
creeper1848
lob1851
sneak1851
sneaker1851
slow1854
bumper1855
teaser1856
daisy-cutter1857
popper1857
yorker1861
sharpshooter1863
headball1866
screwball1866
underhand1866
skimmerc1868
grub1870
ramrod1870
raymonder1870
round-armer1871
grass cutter1876
short pitch1877
leg break1878
lob ball1880
off-break1883
donkey-drop1888
tice1888
fast break1889
leg-breaker1892
kicker1894
spinner1895
wrong 'un1897
googly1903
fizzer1904
dolly1906
short ball1911
wrong 'un1911
bosie1912
bouncer1913
flyer1913
percher1913
finger-spinner1920
inswinger1920
outswinger1920
swinger1920
off-spinner1924
away swinger1925
Chinaman1929
overspinner1930
tweaker1938
riser1944
leg-cutter1949
seamer1952
leggy1954
off-cutter1955
squatter1955
flipper1959
lifter1959
cutter1960
beamer1961
loosener1962
doosra1999
1913 Cricket 305/2 Every bowler pitches short sometimes, and when..he does so the resultant..‘bouncer’..is no more than an ordinary risk.
1955 Times 24 June 14/1 Heine's first ball, a bouncer, was as the drawing of a sword.
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