Past tense of bounce
regular verb
The past tense of bounce is bounced. The past participle is also bounced.
Forms of bounce
| Base form (V1) | bounce /baʊns/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | bounced /baʊnst/ |
| Past participle (V3) | bounced /baʊnst/ |
| Present participle | bouncing /ˈbaʊnsɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | bounces /ˈbaʊnsɪz/ |
Bounced in a sentence
- The tennis ball bounced off the wall before coming to rest in the ditch.
- He bounced the child on his knee.
- The grounder hit the bag and bounced over the fielder’s head.From the entry bag
- His wedge shot bounced off the stick and went in the hole.From the entry stick
- The bullets just bounced off the steel plate on its hull.From the entry plate
Meaning of bounce
- verb To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
- verb To move quickly up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
- verb To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.
Questions about the past tense of bounce
- What is the past tense of bounce?
- The past tense of bounce is bounced.
- What is the past participle of bounce?
- The past participle of bounce is bounced.
- Is bounce a regular or irregular verb?
- Bounce is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bounce (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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