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# bouncer

«bouncer» in Mova's school dictionary: **to stand at the door of a club or bar, check who comes in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a bouncer, bouncers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person whose job is to stand at the door of a club or bar, check who comes in and remove people who cause trouble. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bouncer/#m1)

2) (cricket) A fast ball bowled so that it bounces high, near the batter's head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bouncer/#m2)

3) Something that bounces, like a baby bouncer (a seat or swing that bounces a baby). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bouncer/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and stories, bouncers are big and tough-looking. In cricket lessons and on TV, «a bouncer» is a short, fast ball. Parents use a baby bouncer to keep a baby happy.

### examples

- The bouncer would not let the boys into the club. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bouncer/#x1)
- The bowler sent down a fast bouncer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bouncer/#x2)
- My baby sister loves her bouncer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bouncer/#x3)
- The bouncer checked everyone's ID. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bouncer/#x4)
- The batter ducked under the bouncer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bouncer/#x5)

### note

Countable. A more formal word for the door job is «door supervisor» or «security».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bouncer» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bouncer/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.