bouncer

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈbaʊnsɚ/ UK /ˈbaʊnsə/ See IPA manual

noun

Meanings

1

noun
a person employed to eject troublemakers from a venue; a fast bowled ball

The bouncer turned away anyone without proper identification.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a person employed to eject... doormanheavy guard enforcer

Word family

Related forms bounce bouncingbouncy

Etymology

From bounce + -er. Bounce derives from Middle English bunsen ('to thump, beat'), of imitative origin or perhaps from Low German.

bunsen Middle English

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# bouncer

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈbaʊnsɚ
**IPA (UK):** ˈbaʊnsə

## Meanings
1. a person employed to eject troublemakers from a venue; a fast bowled ball

## Examples
- The bouncer turned away anyone without proper identification.

## Synonyms
- doorman
- heavy
- guard
- enforcer

## Related Forms
- bounce
- bouncing
- bouncy

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: bunsen

## Etymology
From bounce + -er. Bounce derives from Middle English bunsen ('to thump, beat'), of imitative origin or perhaps from Low German.

## AI Etymology
Bouncer is from bounce + -er. Bounce derives from Middle English bunsen ('to thump, beat'), of imitative origin or perhaps from Low German. Important recorded forms include bunsen (Middle English). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. Its deeper history remains uncertain, with proposed links left as possibilities rather than a single settled derivation. The current sense covers a person employed to eject troublemakers from a venue; a fast bowled ball. The wider family includes related words such as bounce, bouncing, and bouncy.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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