bounce – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of bounce

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to bounce back
Participle: bounced back
Gerund: bouncing back

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ibounce back
youbounce back
he;she;itbounces back
webounce back
youbounce back
theybounce back

Perfect

Ihave bounced back
youhave bounced back
he;she;ithas bounced back
wehave bounced back
youhave bounced back
theyhave bounced back

Past

Ibounced back
youbounced back
he;she;itbounced back
webounced back
youbounced back
theybounced back

Pluperfect

Ihad bounced back
youhad bounced back
he;she;ithad bounced back
wehad bounced back
youhad bounced back
theyhad bounced back

Future

Iwill bounce back
youwill bounce back
he;she;itwill bounce back
wewill bounce back
youwill bounce back
theywill bounce back

Future Perfect

Iwill have bounced back
youwill have bounced back
he;she;itwill have bounced back
wewill have bounced back
youwill have bounced back
theywill have bounced back

Subjunctive

Present

Ibounce back
youbounce back
he;she;itbounce back
webounce back
youbounce back
theybounce back

Perfect

Ihave bounced back
youhave bounced back
he;she;ithave bounced back
wehave bounced back
youhave bounced back
theyhave bounced back

Imperfect

Ibounced back
youbounced back
he;she;itbounced back
webounced back
youbounced back
theybounced back

Pluperfect

Ihad bounced back
youhad bounced back
he;she;ithad bounced back
wehad bounced back
youhad bounced back
theyhad bounced back

Conditional

Present

Iwould bounce back
youwould bounce back
he;she;itwould bounce back
wewould bounce back
youwould bounce back
theywould bounce back

Perfect

Iwould have bounced back
youwould have bounced back
he;she;itwould have bounced back
wewould have bounced back
youwould have bounced back
theywould have bounced back

Imperative

youbounce back
weLet's bounce back
youbounce back

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam bouncing back
youare bouncing back
he;she;itis bouncing back
weare bouncing back
youare bouncing back
theyare bouncing back

Perfect

Ihave been bouncing back
youhave been bouncing back
he;she;ithas been bouncing back
wehave been bouncing back
youhave been bouncing back
theyhave been bouncing back

Past

Iwas bouncing back
youwere bouncing back
he;she;itwas bouncing back
wewere bouncing back
youwere bouncing back
theywere bouncing back

Pluperfect

Ihad been bouncing back
youhad been bouncing back
he;she;ithad been bouncing back
wehad been bouncing back
youhad been bouncing back
theyhad been bouncing back

Future

Iwill be bouncing back
youwill be bouncing back
he;she;itwill be bouncing back
wewill be bouncing back
youwill be bouncing back
theywill be bouncing back

Future Perfect

Iwill have been bouncing back
youwill have been bouncing back
he;she;itwill have been bouncing back
wewill have been bouncing back
youwill have been bouncing back
theywill have been bouncing back

Conditional

Present

Iwould be bouncing back
youwould be bouncing back
he;she;itwould be bouncing back
wewould be bouncing back
youwould be bouncing back
theywould be bouncing back

Perfect

Iwould have been bouncing back
youwould have been bouncing back
he;she;itwould have been bouncing back
wewould have been bouncing back
youwould have been bouncing back
theywould have been bouncing back

Other

Verbs similar to 'bounce'

dounce, jounce, pounce, blunge, bone, bouche, bouffe, bouge, boule, boun,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

have sexual intercourse
boom-boom, rut, schlong, shag, copulate, copulate with
to engage in sexual intercourse
bang, bauf, beat, boff, boink, bone, bonk, bop, breed, bump nasties, bump uglies, catch a dick, cohabit, company, copulate, couple, dance, discuss Uganda, do it, do the deed, do the nasty, eff, engender, exchange flesh, expletive deleted, feck, frack, frak, frig, fuck, get busy, get freaky, get it, get it on, get jiggy, get laid, get one's end away, get one's freak on, get one's groove on, get one's leg over, get one's oats, get physical, get some, go all the way, graft the forked tree, haul one's ashes, have it off, have marital relations, have sex, have sexual relations, hump, intercourse, jig-jig, make it, make love, make the beast with two backs, make whoopee, mate, meddle, ming, play, ride, rock and roll, roger, roll around, root, see someone's etchings, sex, shag, share a bed, shelve, show someone one's etchings, slap bellies, sleep together, stick, tumble, wango tango
instance of propelling oneself into air
jump, leap, pounce
to depart; to separate from
beat it, book, bug off, bugger off, buzz off, cut one's stick, dash, depart, duck out, exit, get away, get out, go, go away, go out, leave, make tracks, move on, namous, part, piss off, pull up stakes, quit, remove, run along, set forth, set off, set out, sling one's hook, split, start, start out, take leave, take off, take one's leave, take wing
jump
spring, leap, boomerang, rebound
hop
bound, jump, skip, jolt, bob, jounce
fire
dismiss, boot, eject, oust

Additional Information

Etymology

1. c.1225, bounsen "to thump, hit," perhaps from Du. bonzen "to beat, thump," or Low Ger. bunsen, or onomatopoeic; sense probably influenced by bound (v.). Sense of "to bounce like a ball" is from 1519; the rubber check sense is from 1927. Bouncing "vigorous, big" is from 1579. First record of bouncer "a bully" is from 1833; in the saloon sense, it dates from 1883.
" 'The Bouncer' is merely the English 'chucker out'. When liberty verges on license and gaiety on wanton delirium, the Bouncer selects the gayest of the gay, and -- bounces him!" ["London Daily News," July 26, 1883]

2. From Middle English bounsen, bunsen (“to beat, thump”), cognate with Scots bunce, bonce (“to bounce”). Of uncertain origin. Perhaps imitative, related to bump, or related to Middle English bonchen (“to pound, beat”) and Dutch bonken (“to bump”).
3. Compare Saterland Frisian bumzje (“to pound, bang, bounce”), West Frisian bûnzje (“to throb, bounce, pulsate”), Dutch bonzen (“to thump, knock, throb, bounce”), German Low German bunsen, bumsen (“to beat, bounce”), German bumsen (“to thud, bang, pound”). See: Dutch 'bonken', Frisian, Saterlandic 'bumzje', Dutch 'bonzen', German, old spelling 'bumsen'.

Verbs referencing "bounce"

Finnish with old forms bounssata.

Sample Sentences

  • The tennis ball bounced off the wall before coming to rest in the ditch.
  • He bounces nervously on his chair.
  • The Black Cats contributed to their own downfall for the only goal when Titus Bramble, making his first appearance since Boxing Day, and Michael Turner, let Phil Jones' cross bounce across the six-yard box as Rooney tucked in at the back post. [2012 May 13, Alistair Magowan, “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:]
  • He bounced the child on his knee.
  • The children were bouncing a ball against a wall.
  • I'm meeting Bob later to bounce some ideas off him about the new product range.
  • She bounced happily into the room.
  • Out bounced the mastiff. [1731, On Mr. Pulteney's Being Put Out of the Council, Jonathan Swift:]
  • “The Queen’s Justice” had some fantastic moments of wit and heart but the structure and pacing didn’t do it any favors. The first section of the episode mostly bounced between Jon Snow’s arrival at Dragonstone and Cersei Lannister burning through her enemies and giving nary a fuck. [2017 July 30, Ali Barthwell, “Ice and fire finally meet in a front-loaded episode of Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club:]
  • We can’t accept further checks from you, as your last one bounced.
  • He tends to bounce a check or two toward the end of each month, before his payday.
  • Let’s wrap this up, I gotta bounce.
  • I was definitely looking forward to getting me some more of Yasmere in the future, so I took a quick second to give her a last little bit of love before I bounced. [2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 64:]
  • All right, look, don't prang out. They had this paint-party-brunch thing. But I only stayed for 45 minutes, painted a tiny bit of a door, ate half an almond croissant and bounced. [2023, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, directed by Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane, spoken by Nathan (Simon Manyonda):]
  • Nobody took umbrage and bounced me out of the Union for being a pro. [1946, Yachting, volume 80, page 46:]
  • Anyone who gets bounced out of [this bar] is not just pushed onto the street — he is walked home, or put in a cab. [1977 December 17, Tom Hurley, “The Evolution of Sporters”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 24, page 12:]
  • I met him back when he bounced at the bar where I worked.
  • The squadron was bounced north of the town.
  • See if it helps to bounce the router.
  • What’s your new email address? The old one bounces.
  • The girl in the bar told me her address was [email protected], but my mail to that address was bounced back by the server.
  • The student pilot bounced several times during his landing.
  • After the mid-air collision, his rig failed and he bounced.
  • Bounce tracks two and three to track four, then record the cowbell on track two.
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  • Would I had him here again, I would so bounce him, I would so thank his lordship for his lewd plot. [1621 (first performance), John Fletcher, “The Wild-Goose Chase; a Comedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):]
  • Another bounces as hard as he can knock. [1708, Squire Bickerstaff Detected, John Partridge:]