bouncer C2+ Topic:People & Society US /ˈbaʊnsɚ/ UK /ˈbaʊnsə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a person employed to eject troublemakers from a venue; a fast bowled ball The bouncer turned away anyone without proper identification. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person employed to eject... doormanheavyguardenforcer Word family Related forms bouncebouncingbouncy Etymology AI details From bounce + -er. Bounce derives from Middle English bunsen ('to thump, beat'), of imitative origin or perhaps from Low German. bunsen Middle English View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 markdown