rebound
IPA: ribˈaʊnd
noun
- The recoil of an object bouncing off another.
- A return to health or well-being; a recovery.
- An effort to recover from a setback.
- (colloquial) The period of getting over a recently ended romantic relationship.
- (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.
- (sports) The strike of the ball after it has bounced off a defending player or the crossbar or goalpost.
- (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
- To bound or spring back from a force.
- To give back an echo.
- (figuratively) To jump up or get back up again.
- (transitive) To send back; to reverberate.
- (basketball) To catch the ball after it has hit the rim or backboard without scoring a basket for the other team.
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Examples of "rebound" in Sentences
- The ball rebounded.
- Irish rebound from loss to Whitme.
- Hongkong's September retail sales rebound.
- Heat look to rebound at home against Denver.
- Sadly, they rebound mercilessly after parturition.
- The next pass after the rebound is the outlet pass.
- The state's revenues continued to rebound in October.
- At the end of the recession, production quickly rebounded.
- The physiological mechanisms driving the rebound are defensive.
- China's non manufacturing industries rebound from 19 month low.
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