different between jounce vs thump

English

Etymology

Of unknown origin, possibly a Portmanteau / Blend of jolt +? bounce.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?ns

Verb

jounce (third-person singular simple present jounces, present participle jouncing, simple past and past participle jounced)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To jolt; to shake, especially by rough riding or by driving over obstructions.
   • 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Library of America, 1985, p.51:

     She felt herself swooping, then she was lying on the bed beside Gowan, on her back, jouncing to the dying chatter of the shucks.

Derived terms

• jouncy

Translations

Noun

jounce (countable and uncountable, plural jounces)

1. (physics) The fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time; the time derivative of jerk.

English

Etymology

Probably imitative.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mp/
• Rhymes: -?mp

Noun

thump (plural thumps)

1. A blow that produces a muffled sound.
   • December 24, 1709, Isaac Bickerstaff (pseudonym for Richard Steele or (in some later numbers of the journal) Joseph Addison), The Tatler No. 111

     The watchman gave so very great a thump at my door last night, that I awakened at the knock.

2. The sound of such a blow; a thud.
3. (dated, colloquial, euphemistic) Used to replace the vulgar or blasphemous element in "what the hell" and similar phrases.

   Where the thump have you been?!

Translations

Verb

thump (third-person singular simple present thumps, present participle thumping, simple past and past participle thumped)

1. (transitive) To hit (someone or something) as if to make a thump.
2. (transitive) To cause to make a thumping sound.

   The cat thumped its tail in irritation.

3. (intransitive) To thud or pound.
4. (intransitive) To throb with a muffled rhythmic sound.

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