rebound

Rebound is to bounce back after hitting the ground or some other surface, or to recover value after a decline.

(verb)

  1. When you kick a ball into the garage door and it bounces back, this is an example of a time when the ball rebounds.
  2. When you try to try to make a basket and miss but it bounces off the rim and you are able to catch it and gain control of the ball again, this is an example of a time when you rebound.
  3. When the stock market goes down 100 points and then it goes back up 100 points, this is an example of a time when the stock market rebounds.

The definition of a rebound is when a ball bounces back after hitting a hard surface, or a situation where the value of something recovers.

(noun)

  1. When a basketball player gets the ball back after he misses because it bounces off the net, this is an example of a rebound.
  2. When the stock market falls 100 points and then it recovers 100 points, this is an example of a rebound.

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See rebound in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb

  1. to bound back; spring back upon impact with something
  2. to reecho or reverberate
  3. to leap or spring, as in recovery: his spirits rebounded
  4. Basketball to seize a rebound ()

Origin: ME rebounden < OFr rebondir

transitive verb

  1. to make bound or spring back
  2. to return (a sound)

noun

  1. the act or an instance of rebounding; recoil
  2. Sports
    1. ☆ a basketball that bounces off the backboard or basket rim, or a hockey puck that bounds back after an attempted goal
    2. a play made by recovering such a rebound

See rebound in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb re·bound·ed, re·bound·ing, re·bounds
verb, intransitive
  1. To spring or bounce back after hitting or colliding with something.
  2. To recover, as from depression or disappointment.
  3. To reecho; resound.
  4. Basketball To retrieve and gain possession of the ball as it bounces off the backboard or rim after an unsuccessful shot.
verb, transitive
  1. To cause to rebound.
  2. Basketball To gain possession of (the ball) off the backboard or rim.
noun (rēˈboundˌ, rĭ-boundˈ)
  1. A springing or bounding back; a recoil.
  2. a. Sports A rebounding or caroming ball or hockey puck.
    b. Basketball The act or an instance of taking possession of a rebounding ball.
  3. A quick recovery from or reaction to disappointment or depression: He is on the rebound following a tumultuous breakup.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English rebounden

Origin: , from Old French rebondir

Origin: : re-, re-

Origin: + bondir, to leap; see bound 1

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Related Forms:

  • re·boundˈer noun

verb
Past tense and past participle of rebind.

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