"to jounce"?
I was reading "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles and I found the verb "to jounce". What does it mean in this context?

"I jounced the tree! I jounced the tree limb to make you fall!"

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"to jounce"?
I was reading "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles and I found the verb "to jounce". What does it mean in this context?

"I jounced the tree! I jounced the tree limb to make you fall!"

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I'm pretty good with words (I studied journalism in college) and I've never heard of the word "jounce."  But, I looked it up and the dictionary says it means "to jolt or to bounce."  This makes perfect sense in context.  Good luck!

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You have good taste in books! I love A Separate Peace.

But anyway, he shook the branch, it seems like.