Past tense of pounce
regular verb
The past tense of pounce is pounced. The past participle is also pounced.
Forms of pounce
| Base form (V1) | pounce /paʊns/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | pounced /paʊnst/ |
| Past participle (V3) | pounced /paʊnst/ |
| Present participle | pouncing /ˈpaʊnsɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | pounces /ˈpaʊnsɪz/ |
Pounced in a sentence
- The kitten pounced at the ball I threw to it.
- She pounced on the young man, because she loved him and wanted him for herself.
- Beyoncé’s fans, known as the BeyHive, pounced on Hardwick for the incident known as “Kissgate.”2019 May 10, A.R. Shaw, “Omari Hardwick finally gets chance to respond”, in Rolling Out, archived from the original on 22 Oct 2020. From the entry Kissgate
- SOTS scrum-half Jood pounced and began his pass, but swift as he was, Thorn Thompson was swifter.2004, Pat Stevens, Politics Is the Greatest Game: A Johannesburg Liberal Lampoon, →ISBN. From the entry eighthman
- Any fresh idea is immediately pounced on and mauled to death.1952, Harold Innis, The Strategy of Culture, University of Toronto Press, Footnote 86. From the entry coiner
Meaning of pounce
- noun A type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing or on rough paper to smooth the writing surface.
- noun Charcoal dust, or some other coloured powder for making patterns through perforated designs, used by embroiderers, lacemakers, etc.
- verb To sprinkle or rub with pounce powder.
Questions about the past tense of pounce
- What is the past tense of pounce?
- The past tense of pounce is pounced.
- What is the past participle of pounce?
- The past participle of pounce is pounced.
- Is pounce a regular or irregular verb?
- Pounce is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: pounce (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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