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Definition of "bouncer" []

  • Slang A person employed to expel disorderly persons from a public place, especially a bar. (noun)
  • Baseball A ground ball hit in such a way that it bounces. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "bouncer" in a sentence
  • "Still, no bouncer is going to let you into a club carrying a brick or rock, so even there society will impose rules on even the most common weapons."
  • "The oversized man, the bouncer, is lying on the concrete outside the door with multiple gunshots all over his body and a blood pool underneath his body."
  • "Cammalleri deflected in Adam Pardy's tricky bouncer from the blue line, tying it 1-1."