bouncer
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4.3
- noun
- /ˈbaʊnsər/
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portero
- He was a bouncer at Skip's Rock'n'roll Club.
And then basically there was a big fight between the bouncers and my supporters.
- And then basically there was a big fight between the bouncers and my supporters.
- Being rich often feels like a club that the bouncer won't let you into.
- He come back with two more security bouncers, and they escorted me out to church.
- On weekends, I would work at Oz, the gay bar as a bouncer.
- Is it true you were once a nightclub bouncer?
- What's the worst things you've seen as being a bouncer?
- So I was the bouncer at Subway, so that was my first job.
- I look kind of like some sort of, you know, enforcer type or bouncer.
- You know, one time I was like, I had like a bouncer type job.
- He goes, so you the bouncer, he goes.
- Drive over the strip club, let the bouncer let Big Henry.
- And you would have to be the Starbucks bouncer, if you will.
- So Christine is at this apartment party and she shows up with some dudes, some bouncer dudes, like a boyfriend.
- I mean, you could be a bouncer, greater Vic, but you were not a fighter yourself, right?
Examples
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And I was also a bouncer at a gay bar called Oz in Buena Park, CA.
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Serge looks over the crowd of hostages like a bouncer at a hip dance club.
Fiction book (1997) -
And he worked as a bouncer in a bar.
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We're always looking for a new bouncer.
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So I was the bouncer at Subway, so that was my first job.
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I don't wanna be a bouncer forever.
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Chen walks up toward a massive bouncer standing in front of a steel door.
Fiction book (1999) -
He's a bouncer in this establishment.
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Sirens wailed, and the house lights came up, and bouncers started throwing people out.
Fiction book (2000) -
The bouncer checked IDs at the entrance of the club to ensure everyone was of legal age.
Synonyms
A person who removes troublemakers from a bar or club
A person who checks people at a club or party and decides who can enter, often an informal rude word
Antonyms
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bouncer comes from the verb bounce, which means 'to spring back' or 'to push away', like bouncing a ball. So a bouncer is someone who 'bounces' troublemakers out of a bar or club to keep order.