What does rebound mean?
Definitions for rebound
rɪˈbaʊnd, ˈriˈbaʊnd; ˈriˌbaʊnd, rɪˈbaʊndre·bound
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Princeton's WordNet
recoil, repercussion, rebound, backlashnoun
a movement back from an impact
reboundnoun
a reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration
"he is still on the rebound from his wife's death"
reboundverb
the act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot
bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochetverb
spring back; spring away from an impact
"The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
rally, reboundverb
return to a former condition
"The jilted lover soon rallied and found new friends"; "The stock market rallied"
GCIDE
Reboundverb
to recover, as from sickness, psychological shock, or disappointment.
Reboundnoun
recovery, as from sickness, psychological shock, or disappointment.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Reboundnoun
The act of flying back in consequence of motion resisted; resilition.
Etymology: from the verb.
I do feel,
By the rebound of yours, a grief that shoots
My very heart. William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra.If you strike a ball sidelong, not full upon the surface, the rebound will be as much the contrary way; whether there be any such resilience in echoes may be tried. Francis Bacon.
The weapon with unerring fury flew,
At his left shoulder aim’d: nor entrance found;
But back, as from a rock, with swift rebound,
Harmless return’d. Dryden.To Reboundverb
To reverberate; to beat back.
All our invectives, at their supposed errors, fall back with a rebounded force upon our own real ones. Decay of Piety.
Silenus sung, the vales his voice rebound,
And carry to the skies the sacred sound. Dryden.Flow’rs, by the soft South West
Open’d, and gather’d by religious hands,
Rebound their sweets from th’ odoriferous pavement. Matthew Prior.To Reboundverb
To spring back; to be reverberated; to fly back, in consequence of motion impressed and resisted by a greater power.
Etymology: rebondir, Fr. re and bound.
Whether it were a roaring voice of most savage wild beasts, or a rebounding echo from the hollow mountains. Wisd. xvii.
It with rebounding surge the bars assail’d. John Milton.
Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and that not only directly with regard to the good or ill we may do to others, but reflexively with regard to what may rebound to ourselves. Government of the Tongue.
Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one another: impenetrability makes them only stop. Isaac Newton, Opticks.
She bounding from the shelfy shore,
Round the descending nymph the waves rebounding roar. Alexander Pope.
Wikipedia
ChatGPT
rebound
Rebound generally refers to bouncing back or recovering from a setback or decline. In sports, it refers to the act of gaining possession of a ball that bounced off the goal or the rim. In a broader context, it could mean recovering from a difficult situation or event such as a failed relationship or economic downturn.
Webster Dictionary
Reboundverb
to spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo
Reboundverb
to give back an echo
Reboundverb
to bound again or repeatedly, as a horse
Reboundverb
to send back; to reverberate
Reboundnoun
the act of rebounding; resilience
Etymology: [Pref. re- + bound: cf. F. rebondir.]
Wikidata
Rebound
Rebound is a 2005 comedy film directed by Steve Carr and starring Martin Lawrence as a banished college basketball coach who returns to his old middle school team to coach. This was also Tara Correa's final film role. She was murdered in a gang shooting on October 25, 2005. The film was a critical and box office failure.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Rebound
rē-bownd′, v.i. to bound or start back: to bound repeatedly: to recoil: to reverberate: to re-echo.—v.t. to repeat as an echo.—n. act of rebounding: recoil.
Anagrams for rebound »
unbored
beround
unorbed
unrobed
bounder
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of rebound in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of rebound in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of rebound in a Sentence
It may have taken on the order of 100 years for the' fern spike' to begin, and about 1,000 years for forest communities to rebound, once forests were back, the ancestors of today's modern tree-dwelling birds could -- and did -- move into the trees. By a couple of millions of years after the asteroid impact, we have direct evidence of arboreal fossil birds.
We have a 5-year window of opportunity. If we miss this, we will have a rebound in this epidemic, we'll have resistance and we will not be able to control the epidemic and make sure that we end it by 2030.
What Miller Samuel're seeing is a rapid rebound and an unprecedented climb in rental prices, in all categories, everything is going up.
The stock market was slightly buoyed by the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision to hold interest rates, yet the rebound was sluggish on investors' concerns about the country's sagging economy and lack of positive sectoral news.
Guys will have to step up, not just bigs, but guards have to help rebound, all five guys on the floor can really impact the game whether it’s defensively or rebounding.
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