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bouncer

[ boun-ser ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that bounces.
  2. a person who is employed at a bar, nightclub, etc., to eject disorderly persons.
  3. something large of its kind.


bouncer

/ ˈʊԲə /

noun

  1. slang.
    a person employed at a club, pub, disco, etc, to throw out drunks or troublemakers and stop those considered undesirable from entering
  2. slang.
    a dishonoured cheque
  3. cricket another word for bumper 1
  4. a person or thing that bounces
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bouncer1

First recorded in 1755–65; bounce + -er 1
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The young Bergoglio worked as a nightclub bouncer and floor sweeper, before graduating as a chemist.

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He does have a weakness against bouncers, but only when they are bowled in the channel just outside off stump.

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Wilband told a paediatric doctor Mr Wheeler had carried Lexi upstairs in her bouncer chair and may have hit her head in the process.

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The father and son had admitted most of the charges and Yilmaz T, a nightclub bouncer in Constance in southern Germany, told the court that what he had done was "very, very disgusting".

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According to a court filing, the man who was 17 at the time, paid a bouncer to enter the club and was invited to Combs' private table, where he was given multiple shots of vodka.

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