bouncer
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
bouncer (plural bouncers)
- (informal) A member of security personnel employed by bars, nightclubs, etc to maintain order and deal with patrons who cause trouble.
- Synonyms: doorman, chucker-out
- (cricket) A short-pitched ball that bounces up towards, or above the height of the batsman’s head.
- Synonyms: bumper
- (Internet) An account or server (as with IRC and FTP) that invisibly redirects requests to another, used for anonymity or vanity.
- Synonyms: BNC
- (dated) One who bounces; a large, heavy person who makes much noise in moving.
- (slang, archaic) A boaster; a bully.
- (slang, archaic) A bold lie.
- 1877, W. S. Gilbert, Engaged in Original Plays, Second Series, Chatto & Windus, London, 1899, page 83:
- "… when he wants to accomplish his purpose, he does not hesitate to invent—I am not quite sure of the word, but I think it is “bouncers.”
- 1877, W. S. Gilbert, Engaged in Original Plays, Second Series, Chatto & Windus, London, 1899, page 83:
- (slang, archaic) A liar.
- Something big; a good stout example of the kind.
- The stone must be a bouncer.
- A bouncy castle.
- A kind of seat mounted in a framework in which a baby can bounce up and down.
- French: videur
- German: Türsteher, Türsteherin, Rausschmeißer (slang), Rausschmeißerin
- Italian: buttafuori
- Portuguese: leão-de-chácara (Brazil), segurança
- Russian: вышиба́ла
- Spanish: portero, gorila (colloquial), patovica
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