English Dictionary

bouncer

/ˈbaʊn.sə/

noun

(informal) A member of security personnel employed by bars, nightclubs, etc to maintain order and deal with patrons who cause trouble.

The bouncer at the club checked everyone's ID before letting them in.

意味（1）

(informal) A member of security personnel employed by bars, nightclubs, etc to maintain order and deal with patrons who cause trouble.

意味（2）

(cricket) A short-pitched ball that bounces up towards, or above the height of the batsman’s head.

意味（3）

(Internet) An account or server (as with IRC and FTP) that invisibly redirects requests to another, used for anonymity or vanity.

意味（4）

(dated) One who bounces; a large, heavy person who makes much noise in moving.

意味（5）

(slang, archaic) A boaster; a bully.

意味（6）

Something big; a good stout example of the kind.

The stone must be a bouncer.

意味（7）

(slang, archaic) A bold lie.

"… 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.”

意味（8）

(slang, archaic) A liar.

Why, I'll tell you, Mr. Simple; he's a good tempered, kind fellow enough, but— / But what? / Such a bouncer!! / How do you mean? He's not a very stout man. / Bless you, Mr. Simple, why don't you understand English. I mean that he's the greatest liar that ever walked a deck.[…]

意味（9）

A bouncy castle.

意味（10）

A kind of seat mounted in a framework in which a baby can bounce up and down.

He shook his head and took up the child—Dilly kicked out her feet in tiny electric jolts to the full stretch of the Babygro.[…]He put the child in the bouncer again.