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Definition rebound

Etymology 1

From Old French rebondir.

Noun

rebound (plural rebounds)

1. The recoil of an object bouncing off another.
2. A return to health or well-being; a recovery.
3. An effort to recover from a setback.
4. (colloquial) 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.
5. (sports) The strike of the ball after it has bounced off a defending player, the crossbar or goalpost.
6. (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.

Verb

rebound (third-person singular simple present rebounds, present participle rebounding, simple past and past participle rebounded)

1. To bound or spring back from a force.
2. To give back an echo.
3. (figuratively) To jump up or get back up again.
4. (transitive) To send back; to reverberate.

Etymology 2

see rebind

Verb

rebound

1. simple past tense and past participle of rebind

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