Past tense of ball
regular verb
The past tense of ball is balled. The past participle is also balled.
Forms of ball
| Base form (V1) | ball /bɔːl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | balled |
| Past participle (V3) | balled |
| Present participle | balling |
| Third person singular | balls /bɔːlz/ |
Balled in a sentence
- She balled her fists.
- If he cannot, he is not only "balled" but seen as a "faggot" (this is a term directly from the work).2018 July 12, “'I Thought Frats Were Like Their Movies, and They Totally Are': A Review of 'Alpha Class'”, in College Media Network
- He almost no balled the full over due to his repetitive overstepping.From the entry no ball
- The best man balled up his speech, stammering and tripping over his words.From the entry ball up
- I'm not going to tell you how much I lost last night—let's just say I balled out.From the entry ball out
Meaning of ball
- noun A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
- noun A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape.
- noun A food preparation formed into a spherical shape.
Questions about the past tense of ball
- What is the past tense of ball?
- The past tense of ball is balled.
- What is the past participle of ball?
- The past participle of ball is balled.
- Is ball a regular or irregular verb?
- Ball is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ball (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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