rebound

Plural: rebounds

Noun

• a movement back from an impact
• a reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration
  • "he is still on the rebound from his wife's death"
• the act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot
• The recoil of an object bouncing off another.
• A return to health or well-being; a recovery.
• An effort to recover from a setback.
• The period of getting over a recently ended romantic relationship.
• 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.
• The strike of the ball after it has bounced off a defending player or the crossbar or goalpost.
• 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

Verb Forms: rebounded, rebounding, rebounds

• To spring or bounce back after impact.
• spring back; spring away from an impact
• return to a former condition
• To bound or spring back from a force.
• To give back an echo.
• To jump up or get back up again.
• To send back; to reverberate.
• To catch the ball after it has hit the rim or backboard without scoring a basket for the other team.
• simple past and past participle of rebind

Adjective

• Having been bound again, as a book.

Examples

• His low-scoring play seemed to rebound, setting him up for a major bingo next turn.
• I am on the rebound.
• The rebound dictionary was even more useful after its repair.

Synonyms

backlash, bounce, bound, rally, recoil, repercussion, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop

Related Words

bound

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