Definition of Rebound

1. Noun. A movement back from an impact.

Exact synonyms: Backlash, Recoil, Repercussion
Generic synonyms: Motion, Movement
Specialized synonyms: Bounce, Bouncing, Resilience, Resiliency, Carom, Ricochet
Derivative terms: Recoil

2. Verb. Spring back; spring away from an impact. "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
Exact synonyms: Bounce, Bound, Recoil, Resile, Reverberate, Ricochet, Spring, Take A Hop
Specialized synonyms: Kick, Kick Back, Recoil, Bound Off, Skip, Carom
Generic synonyms: Bound, Jump, Leap, Spring
Derivative terms: Bounce, Bounce, Bound, Recoil, Resiliency, Resilient, Ricochet, Spring

3. Noun. A reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration. "He is still on the rebound from his wife's death"
Generic synonyms: Reaction, Response

4. Verb. Return to a former condition. "The business is going to rebound "; "The stock market rallied"
Exact synonyms: Rally
Generic synonyms: Go Back, Recover, Recuperate
Derivative terms: Rally

5. Noun. The act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot.
Generic synonyms: Catch, Grab, Snap, Snatch
Group relationships: Basketball, Basketball Game, Hoops

Definition of Rebound

1. v. i. To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo.

2. v. t. To send back; to reverberate.

3. n. The act of rebounding; resilience.

Definition of Rebound

1. Noun. The recoil of an object bouncing off another. ¹

2. Noun. A return to health or well-being; a recovery. ¹

3. Noun. An effort to recover from a setback. ¹

4. Noun. 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. ¹

5. Noun. (sports) The strike of the ball after it has bounced off a defending player, the crossbar or goalpost. ¹

6. Noun. (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. ¹

7. Verb. To bound or spring back from a force. ¹

8. Verb. (figuratively) To jump up or get back up again. ¹

9. Verb. (past of rebind) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rebound

1. to spring back [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Rebound

1. Just like a rebound in basketball when the ball reverses its course and bounces back off the backboard, in medicine a rebound is a reversal of response upon withdrawal of the stimulus. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rebound

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reborn
reborne
reborrow
reborrowed
reborrowing
reborrowings
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rebottle
rebottled
rebottler
rebottlers
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rebought
rebound (current term)
rebound effect
rebound phenomenon
rebound relationship
rebound tenderness
rebound volleyball
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rebounders
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rebounds
reboxetine
rebozo
rebozos
rebrace

Literary usage of Rebound

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Popular Science Monthly (1894)
"Many curious and apparently contradictory effects are produced by the rebound from one surface to another. A post which stood twenty feet from the house, ..."

2. The American Library Annual: Including Index to Dates of Current Events (1915)
"Aver, issues Aver, issues 1913 1913 1501 adult fiction bought in "AV binding toa 1862 adult notion rebound by *'A," average circulation after ..."

3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1914)
"By drawing the directions of the particle before and after collision, assuming that the angle of rebound at any point of the surface is equal to the angle ..."

4. English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1818)
"rebound. ingness of the agent, and the quickness with which he performs tht action ... TO rebound, REVERBERATE, RECOIL. To rebound is to bound «c ..."

5. The Act of Touch in All Its Diversity: An Analysis and Synthesis of by Tobias Matthay (1903)
"Except in the case of certain very percussive-legato touches, etc., when slightly more weight than this is required to prevent the key-rebound, ..."

6. Records of the Past by Records of the Past Exploration Society (1903)
"The return postage on either binding is 40 cents. Subscribers wishing their copies for 1902 rebound should send them postpaid (I cent for each four ounces) ..."

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