Past tense of bob
regular verb
The past tense of bob is bobbed. The past participle is also bobbed.
Forms of bob
| Base form (V1) | bob /bɒb/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | bobbed |
| Past participle (V3) | bobbed |
| Present participle | bobbing |
| Third person singular | bobs |
Bobbed in a sentence
- The cork bobbed gently in the calm water.
- The ball, which we had thought lost, suddenly bobbed up out of the water.
- The buoy bobbed between the crests and troughs of the waves moving across the bay.From the entry trough
- I tracked her with my eyes until she bobbed under before the rescue boat got there.From the entry bob under
- That's when he bobbed up again and ruined everything.From the entry bob up
Meaning of bob
- verb To move gently and vertically, in either a single motion or repeatedly up and down, at or near the surface of a body of water, or similar medium.
- verb To move (something) as though it were bobbing in water.
- verb To perform oral sex on someone.
Questions about the past tense of bob
- What is the past tense of bob?
- The past tense of bob is bobbed.
- What is the past participle of bob?
- The past participle of bob is bobbed.
- Is bob a regular or irregular verb?
- Bob is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bob (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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