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单词 bouncer
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Definition of bouncer in English:

bouncer

noun ˈbaʊnsəˈbaʊnsər
  • 1A person employed by a nightclub or similar establishment to prevent troublemakers and other unwanted people entering or to eject them from the premises.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I had another chance to observe him when a bouncer from the nightclub across the street politely asked the teens to escort me around the corner to avoid attracting attention.
    • A football star has been arrested at a nightspot following an alleged incident involving a nightclub bouncer.
    • Yet on a night out to celebrate promotion, the Frenchman was cautioned after an alleged altercation with a nightclub bouncer, before being released without charge.
    • He took courses in the field, then worked as a nightclub bouncer and a bodyguard.
    • A security firm owner who provides bouncers to a nightclub claims no underage drinkers get in when his staff are on duty.
    • People in the audience will go to nightclubs and know what bouncers are like, so the cast needs to look real.
    • If a passenger dropped litter he was ejected by the bouncers.
    • Charles (not his real name) is a bouncer at a popular nightclub in town.
    • The security company that employs unlicensed bouncers and the licensee of any premises allowing them to work could both be prosecuted under the new rules.
    • They could be mistaken for couple of nightclub bouncers, such is their sheer presence.
    • She had also worked in a wine bar, cleaned her sister's house and earned extra money as a nightclub bouncer.
    • He was employed as a bouncer by another company, which was hired by the hotel's management.
    • In the future, similar initiatives could be extended to nightclub bouncers, pub and bar licensees, headteachers and neighbourhood watch representatives.
    • Those included selling ice cream and working as a nightclub bouncer.
    • The victim managed to walk up to the doors of a nearby nightclub where a bouncer called the emergency services.
    • As no bouncers were employed at our next pub, we walked in with ease, sat for a while and enjoyed some live music.
    • Whilst employed as a bouncer he was instructed to forcefully eject an unruly customer who refused to wear a formal shirt.
    • The nurse was studying for a law degree four days a week and working at a wine bar and at a nightclub as a bouncer.
    • All three were said to have been put out of the premises by bouncers.
    • In this hilarious parody of the contemporary nightclub scene, four bouncers portray over 30 different characters.
    Synonyms
    sentry, sentinel, security guard, nightwatchman
  • 2Cricket
    A ball bowled fast and short so as to rise high after pitching.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Foolishly, in the course of the innings, one of England's pace bowlers bowled Lillee a bouncer.
    • Brett Lee and Glenn McGrath were quickly into their stride, sprinkling bouncers judiciously into some careful line-and-length bowling.
    • As for the bouncer, the fast bowler's ultimate weapon in many ways, you generally keep a little bit in reserve.
    • Balls are still bowled at the body, but bouncers are limited to two an over and the batsmen wear face guards.
    • During his stint with Somerset, he was repeatedly beaten by fast bouncers from an enthusiastic bowler.
    • Pathan swung the ball both ways, and also used the bouncer at the body to great effect.
    • The showman was back strutting his stuff, bowling bouncers and yorkers and embarking on the wildest celebrations seen since Pete Townsend starting re-arranging guitars.
    • You want me to believe that all these years people have not bowled bouncers to me and they're doing it now?
    • It is like a fast bowler being told he can't bowl a bouncer.
    • Already deprived of seeing the injured Sachin Tendulkar in action, the crowd gave vent to their anger in the late afternoon, booing optimistic Australian appeals and hooting each time a bouncer was bowled.
    • They are not afraid to bowl their quota of bouncers, with two men back for the hook shot and a couple of close fielders ready to enjoy the scraps of a defensive or pensive straighter bat.
    • Warne even bowled him a bouncer yesterday in mock annoyance.
    • And one of these days a captain will spot that the new bouncer rule brings short leg back into the realms of possibility.
    • Next ball, Jones retaliates with a bouncer, which hits McGrath's glove and loops towards Geraint Jones.
    • Is he exempt if he damages a tail-end batsman when bowling a bouncer at their heads?
    • Unsurprisingly, faced with a resolute batsman Gilchrist was not sparing with bouncers or the occasional beamer.
    • And the bouncers he bowled to Gayle in the afternoon were about as threatening as wet tennis balls thrown at you by an ageing coach with an arthritic shoulder.
    • They were willing to bang the ball in, bowl a few bouncers to keep the batsmen quiet and have them in trouble.
    • If he were a batsman, you could bowl him a succession of bouncers and he'd be unlikely to come down the pitch angrily pointing his bat at you.
    • Well, we wish the couple a splendid lifetime innings on a firm pitch with no bouncers, curved balls or googlies, and potjies full of happiness.

Rhymes

announcer, denouncer, pouncer, pronouncer, renouncer, trouncer
 
 

Definition of bouncer in US English:

bouncer

nounˈbounsərˈbaʊnsər
  • 1A person employed by a nightclub or similar establishment to prevent troublemakers from entering or to eject them from the premises.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Those included selling ice cream and working as a nightclub bouncer.
    • A security firm owner who provides bouncers to a nightclub claims no underage drinkers get in when his staff are on duty.
    • All three were said to have been put out of the premises by bouncers.
    • Whilst employed as a bouncer he was instructed to forcefully eject an unruly customer who refused to wear a formal shirt.
    • If a passenger dropped litter he was ejected by the bouncers.
    • The victim managed to walk up to the doors of a nearby nightclub where a bouncer called the emergency services.
    • He took courses in the field, then worked as a nightclub bouncer and a bodyguard.
    • The nurse was studying for a law degree four days a week and working at a wine bar and at a nightclub as a bouncer.
    • The security company that employs unlicensed bouncers and the licensee of any premises allowing them to work could both be prosecuted under the new rules.
    • He was employed as a bouncer by another company, which was hired by the hotel's management.
    • A football star has been arrested at a nightspot following an alleged incident involving a nightclub bouncer.
    • She had also worked in a wine bar, cleaned her sister's house and earned extra money as a nightclub bouncer.
    • People in the audience will go to nightclubs and know what bouncers are like, so the cast needs to look real.
    • In the future, similar initiatives could be extended to nightclub bouncers, pub and bar licensees, headteachers and neighbourhood watch representatives.
    • As no bouncers were employed at our next pub, we walked in with ease, sat for a while and enjoyed some live music.
    • Charles (not his real name) is a bouncer at a popular nightclub in town.
    • I had another chance to observe him when a bouncer from the nightclub across the street politely asked the teens to escort me around the corner to avoid attracting attention.
    • They could be mistaken for couple of nightclub bouncers, such is their sheer presence.
    • Yet on a night out to celebrate promotion, the Frenchman was cautioned after an alleged altercation with a nightclub bouncer, before being released without charge.
    • In this hilarious parody of the contemporary nightclub scene, four bouncers portray over 30 different characters.
    Synonyms
    sentry, sentinel, security guard, nightwatchman
  • 2Baseball
    A batted ball that bounces before being fielded.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Braves' Pete Orr started things with a bouncer off the plate that Clemens fielded cleanly but couldn't get to first in time.
    • Segui hits a bouncer that glances off the outside of the first base bag for a gift double.
    • It came with two out in the seventh inning, after Santo had made a good play in spearing Jim Gilliam's high bouncer to third.
    • Facing Tom Seaver of the New York Mets, Clemente tapped a bouncer up the middle that caromed off the glove of second baseman Ken Boswell.
    • Unfazed, Brown then climbed back on top of the mound after consulting with a Dodger trainer, and calmly retired Mike Piazza on a bouncer to third.
    • When the Reds' Lee May hit a hard bouncer over the third base bag in Game 1, Robinson crossed into foul ground to grab it, then threw blindly across his body toward first base.
    • With two on and two outs, Ramirez hit a bouncer to deep shortstop.
    • In his first start at third, he misplayed one bouncer, letting it go off his glove, and let another fast grounder get by him.
    • Palmeiro hit a bouncer to Yankees' first baseman Tino Martinez who stepped on first before throwing to Derek Jeter at second who tagged Sosa for the easy out.
 
 
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