bounce – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of bounce

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to bounce around sth
Participle: bounced around sth
Gerund: bouncing around sth

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ibounce around sth
youbounce around sth
he;she;itbounces around sth
webounce around sth
youbounce around sth
theybounce around sth

Perfect

Ihave bounced around sth
youhave bounced around sth
he;she;ithas bounced around sth
wehave bounced around sth
youhave bounced around sth
theyhave bounced around sth

Past

Ibounced around sth
youbounced around sth
he;she;itbounced around sth
webounced around sth
youbounced around sth
theybounced around sth

Pluperfect

Ihad bounced around sth
youhad bounced around sth
he;she;ithad bounced around sth
wehad bounced around sth
youhad bounced around sth
theyhad bounced around sth

Future

Iwill bounce around sth
youwill bounce around sth
he;she;itwill bounce around sth
wewill bounce around sth
youwill bounce around sth
theywill bounce around sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have bounced around sth
youwill have bounced around sth
he;she;itwill have bounced around sth
wewill have bounced around sth
youwill have bounced around sth
theywill have bounced around sth

Subjunctive

Present

Ibounce around sth
youbounce around sth
he;she;itbounce around sth
webounce around sth
youbounce around sth
theybounce around sth

Perfect

Ihave bounced around sth
youhave bounced around sth
he;she;ithave bounced around sth
wehave bounced around sth
youhave bounced around sth
theyhave bounced around sth

Imperfect

Ibounced around sth
youbounced around sth
he;she;itbounced around sth
webounced around sth
youbounced around sth
theybounced around sth

Pluperfect

Ihad bounced around sth
youhad bounced around sth
he;she;ithad bounced around sth
wehad bounced around sth
youhad bounced around sth
theyhad bounced around sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould bounce around sth
youwould bounce around sth
he;she;itwould bounce around sth
wewould bounce around sth
youwould bounce around sth
theywould bounce around sth

Perfect

Iwould have bounced around sth
youwould have bounced around sth
he;she;itwould have bounced around sth
wewould have bounced around sth
youwould have bounced around sth
theywould have bounced around sth

Imperative

youbounce around sth
weLet's bounce around sth
youbounce around sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam bouncing around sth
youare bouncing around sth
he;she;itis bouncing around sth
weare bouncing around sth
youare bouncing around sth
theyare bouncing around sth

Perfect

Ihave been bouncing around sth
youhave been bouncing around sth
he;she;ithas been bouncing around sth
wehave been bouncing around sth
youhave been bouncing around sth
theyhave been bouncing around sth

Past

Iwas bouncing around sth
youwere bouncing around sth
he;she;itwas bouncing around sth
wewere bouncing around sth
youwere bouncing around sth
theywere bouncing around sth

Pluperfect

Ihad been bouncing around sth
youhad been bouncing around sth
he;she;ithad been bouncing around sth
wehad been bouncing around sth
youhad been bouncing around sth
theyhad been bouncing around sth

Future

Iwill be bouncing around sth
youwill be bouncing around sth
he;she;itwill be bouncing around sth
wewill be bouncing around sth
youwill be bouncing around sth
theywill be bouncing around sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have been bouncing around sth
youwill have been bouncing around sth
he;she;itwill have been bouncing around sth
wewill have been bouncing around sth
youwill have been bouncing around sth
theywill have been bouncing around sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould be bouncing around sth
youwould be bouncing around sth
he;she;itwould be bouncing around sth
wewould be bouncing around sth
youwould be bouncing around sth
theywould be bouncing around sth

Perfect

Iwould have been bouncing around sth
youwould have been bouncing around sth
he;she;itwould have been bouncing around sth
wewould have been bouncing around sth
youwould have been bouncing around sth
theywould have been bouncing around sth

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:]