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Rebound

Rebound Meaning & Definition
Rebound Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Rebound?

[n] the act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot
[n] a reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration; "he is still on the rebound from his wife's death"
[n] a movement back from an impact
[v] return to a former condition; "The jilted lover soon rallied and found new friends"; "The stock market rallied"
[v] spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Rebound: backlash | bounce | bound | rally | recoil | recoil | repercussion | resile | reverberate | ricochet | spring | take a hop

Related Terms | Find terms related to Rebound:

See Also | basketball | basketball game | bounce | bouncing | bound off | carom | carom | catch | glance | go back | grab | jump | kick | kick back | leap | motion | movement | reaction | recover | recuperate | resilience | resiliency | response | ricochet | skip | snap | snatch

Rebound In Webster's Dictionary

\Re*bound"\, v. i. [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. To send back; to reverberate. Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound. --Dryden.
\Re*bound"\, n. The act of rebounding; resilience. Flew . . . back, as from a rock, with swift rebound. --Dryden.

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