bouncer

bouncer

A person (usually a strong one) whose job is to oust troublemakers or reject unwelcome people from a bar, club, or similar setting. Come on, the bouncer will never let two dweebs like us in. The bouncer is going to throw us out if you keep dancing on the tables like that.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

bouncer

n. a strong man hired to eject unruly people from a bar or similar place. (People supposedly bounce when thrown out.) I saw the bouncer looking at me, and I got out of there fast.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • perve
  • perve on (one)
  • perve on someone
  • push by
  • muscle (one) out (of something or some place)
  • muscle out of
  • take a firm grip on
  • take a firm grip on (someone or something)
  • scuffle with
  • scuffle with (one)
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There's something barbaric about bouncers. They can terrorise and even maim batsmen.
show bouncers were also victims in thousands of violent attacks in the same period, frequently suffering injuries including cuts, bruising, or a bloody nose.
Twitter user @DontFollowStu posted the footage online with a caption reading: "Look how hard the bouncers are at Factory in town.
She claims the bouncer struck after she "slipped" on the Collingwood Street nightspot's stairs.
"It looked like he tried to glass the bouncer. Then a large group began fighting with the two bouncers.
One hundred bouncers are investigated each year in Merseyside for attacking members of the public, the ECHO can reveal.
The bouncer allowed a group of Caucasians in with flip flops on, but when it came to one of my darker skin male friends, the bouncer did not let him in because he was wearing flip flops.
Naguib Sawiris described to the court in detail how he and his entourage were assaulted in the early hours of September 30 by the owner and the bouncers of the nightclub.
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FOOTAGE appearing to show bouncers throwing punches when confronted by rowdy clubbers has gone viral on social media in recent weeks.
McGhee said: "The situation was exacerbated by the intervention of what I would call a bouncer. Not even a steward.
The woman threw a broken glass at the man she was fighting but it hit a Tunisian bouncer causing him injuries on his wrist.
At one point, one bouncer allegedly pressed down on his neck Finally, the man appears to be punched again in his already bloodied face.
One bouncer, 27-year-old Joe Gower, said during the show: "It's jobs like this that make you hate the human race.