Rebound definition
To recover, as from depression or disappointment.
verb
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.
When a basketball player gets the ball back after he misses because it bounces off the net, this is an example of a rebound.
When the stock market falls 100 points and then it recovers 100 points, this is an example of a rebound.
noun
Rebound is to bounce back after hitting the ground or some other surface, or to recover value after a decline.
When you kick a ball into the garage door and it bounces back, this is an example of a time when the ball rebounds.
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.
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.
verb
To spring or bounce back after hitting or colliding with something.
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To reecho; resound.
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(basketball) To retrieve and gain possession of the ball as it bounces off the backboard or rim after an unsuccessful shot.
verb
To cause to rebound.
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(basketball) To gain possession of (the ball) off the backboard or rim.
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A springing or bounding back; a recoil.
noun
A quick recovery from or reaction to disappointment or depression.
He is on the rebound following a tumultuous breakup.
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(sports) A rebounding or caroming ball or hockey puck, especially coming off of a goalie who has blocked a shot.
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(basketball) The act or an instance of taking possession of a rebounding ball.
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To bound back; spring back upon impact with something.
verb
To reecho or reverberate.
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To leap or spring, as in recovery.
His spirits rebounded.
verb
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To make bound or spring back.
verb
To return (a sound)
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The act or an instance of rebounding; recoil.
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A basketball that bounces off the backboard or basket rim, or a hockey puck that bounds back after an attempted goal.
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A play made by recovering such a rebound.
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An effort to recover from a setback.
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A romantic partner with whom one begins a relationship (the relationship one begins) for the sake of getting over a previous, recently-ended romantic relationship.
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(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.
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(figuratively) To jump up or get back up again.
verb
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To send back; to reverberate.
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on the rebound
- after it bounces off the ground, a wall, etc.
- immediately after and while reacting strongly to a rejection, as in love
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Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
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