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bouncer
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bouncer has 1 sense
- bouncer(n = noun.person) chucker-out - a person whose duty is to throw troublemakers out of a bar or public meeting; Array is a kind of guard
Derived form verb bounce7
CIDE DICTIONARY
bouncer, n.
- One who bounces; a large, heavy person who makes much noise in moving. [1913 Webster]
- A boaster; a bully. Johnson. [1913 Webster]
- A bold lie; also, a liar. Marryat. [1913 Webster]
- Something big; a good stout example of the kind. [1913 Webster]"The stone must be a bouncer." [1913 Webster]
- a person employed by a tavern, nightclub, or other place of public meeting, to eject persons who become violent or unruly. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bouncer, n.
1 sl. a person employed to eject troublemakers from a dancehall, club, etc.
2 Cricket = BUMPER.
1 sl. a person employed to eject troublemakers from a dancehall, club, etc.
2 Cricket = BUMPER.
ROGET THESAURUS
bouncer
Ejection
N ejection, emission, effusion, rejection, expulsion, exportation, eviction, extrusion, trajection, discharge, emesis, vomiting, vomition, egestion, evacuation, ructation, eructation, bloodletting, venesection, phlebotomy, paracentesis, expuition, exspuition, tapping, drainage, clearance, clearage, deportation, banishment, rouge's march, relegation, extradition, dislodgment, bouncer, chucker-out, vomit, vomitus, puke, barf, emitting, emitted Int, begone!, get you gone!, get away, go away, get along, go along, get along with you, go along with you!, go your way!, away with!, off with you!, get the hell out of here!, go about your business!, be off!, avaunt!, aroynt!, allez-vous-en!, jao!, va-t'en!.
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