Rebound Definition

rēbound, rĭ-
rebounded, rebounding, rebounds
verb
rebounded, rebounding, rebounds
To bound back; spring back upon impact with something.
Webster's New World
To make bound or spring back.
Webster's New World
To return (a sound)
Webster's New World
To recover, as from depression or disappointment.
American Heritage
To reecho or reverberate.
Webster's New World
noun
rebounds
A springing or bounding back; a recoil.
American Heritage
The act or an instance of rebounding; recoil.
Webster's New World
A basketball that bounces off the backboard or basket rim, or a hockey puck that bounds back after an attempted goal.
Webster's New World
A play made by recovering such a rebound.
Webster's New World
A quick recovery from or reaction to disappointment or depression.
He is on the rebound following a tumultuous breakup.
American Heritage
idiom
on the rebound
  • after it bounces off the ground, a wall, etc.
  • immediately after and while reacting strongly to a rejection, as in love
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Rebound

Noun

Singular:
rebound
Plural:
rebounds

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Rebound

  • on the rebound

Origin of Rebound

  • Middle English rebounden from Old French rebondir re- re- bondir to leap bound1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French rebondir.

    From Wiktionary

  • see rebind

    From Wiktionary

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