REBOUNDS

Noun

rebounds

plural of rebound

Verb

rebounds

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rebound

Anagrams

• bounders, suborned

Source: Wiktionary


REBOUND

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



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