REBOUND

rebound

(noun) the act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot

rebound

(noun) a reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration; “he is still on the rebound from his wife’s death”

recoil, repercussion, rebound, backlash

(noun) a movement back from an impact

rally, rebound

(verb) return to a former condition; “The jilted lover soon rallied and found new friends”; “The stock market rallied”

bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet

(verb) spring back; spring away from an impact; “The rubber ball bounced”; “These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

rebound (plural rebounds)

The recoil of an object bouncing off another.

A return to health or well-being; a recovery.

An effort to recover from a setback.

(colloquial) A romantic partner with whom one begins a relationship (or the relationship one begins) for the sake of getting over a previous, recently-ended romantic relationship.

(sports) The strike of the ball after it has bounced off a defending player, the crossbar or goalpost.

(basketball) An instance of catching the ball after it has hit the rim or backboard without a basket being scored, generally credited to a particular player.

Verb

rebound (third-person singular simple present rebounds, present participle rebounding, simple past and past participle rebounded)

To bound or spring back from a force.

To give back an echo.

(figuratively) To jump up or get back up again.

(transitive) To send back; to reverberate.

Etymology 2

Verb

rebound

simple past tense and past participle of rebind

Anagrams

• bounder, unbored, unrobed

Source: Wiktionary

Re*bound", v. i. Etym: [Pref. re- + bound: cf. F. rebondir.]

1. To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo. Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one another. Sir I. Newton.

2. To give back an echo. [R.] T. Warton.

3. To bound again or repeatedly, as a horse. Pope. Rebounding lock (Firearms), one in which the hammer rebounds to half cock after striking the cap or primer.

Re*bound", v. t.

Definition: To send back; to reverberate. Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound. Dryden.

Re*bound", n.

Definition: The act of rebounding; resilience. Flew . . . back, as from a rock, with swift rebound. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition