Pronunciation Noun
rebound (plural rebounds)
- The recoil of an object bouncing off another.
- A return to health or well-being; a recovery.
- I am on the rebound.
- An effort to recover from a setback.
- (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, 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.
- French: guérison
- German: Rebound
- Spanish: recuperación, restablecimiento
- French: rétablissement
rebound (rebounds, present participle rebounding; past and past participle rebounded)
- To bound or spring back from a force.
- Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one another.
- To give back an echo.
- (figuratively) To jump up or get back up again.
- (transitive) To send back; to reverberate.
- Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound, / And carry to the skies the sacred sound.
- French: rebondir
- German: zurückprallen
- Italian: rimbalzare
- Portuguese: rebater
- Russian: отскакивать
- Spanish: rebotar
- French: rebondir
- IPA: /ˈɹibɑʊnd/
- Simple past tense and past participle of rebind
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