This week's theme: blend words. jounce (jouns) verb tr., intr.
To bounce along. noun A jolting movement. [Of uncertain origin, apparently a blend of joll (to knock or bump) and bounce.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=jounce -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "We jounced along the rutted, rock-strewn roads in the rural bush of Ethiopia to the man's hut, which was shaped like a beehive." Hope Anderson Brumbach; Into Africa; Daily News (Longview, Washington); Oct 14, 2006. Sponsors' messages: Like wordplay? Get "The Giant Book of Animal Jokes: Beastly Humor for Grownups" by Richard Lederer & James Ertner from http://stoneandscott.com Good books in small packages! On-the-go audiobook chips for PC, Mac, PDAs. Plus, save 10% with coupon code AWADSP06 at checkout. http://audiofy.com/ ............................................................................ O Liberty! how many crimes are committed in thy name! -Jeanne-Marie Roland, revolutionary (1754-1793) Share the magic of words. Send a gift sub: http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Remove, change, or subscribe address: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/jounce.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/jounce.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/jounce.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
