rebound
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rebound¹
- /ɹiˈbaʊnd/ UK
- /ˈɹi.baʊnd/ US
- /ɹiˈbaʊnd/ US
Rhymes with -aʊnd, -iːbaʊnd
Where it comes from
From Old French rebondir.
noun 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.
- The period of getting over a recently ended romantic relationship. "I get it. Girl caught him on the rebound when he was vulnerable."
- 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. What if she was a rebound after all and he didn't feel the same way for her anymore?
- The strike of the ball after it has bounced off a defending player or the crossbar or goalpost. The inevitable Baggies onslaught followed as substitute Simon Cox saw his strike excellently parried by keeper Bunn, with Cox heading the rebound down into the ground and agonisingly over the bar.
- 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. Wemby’s 50-point game was much milder, if that’s even a thing statistically. This season, he has already had a 5×5 (25 points, nine rebounds, seven assists, five steals and five blocks), a near triple-double (24 points, 13 rebounds and nine blocks) and this 50-burger. […] Just that measly 35-point,
verb rebounds · rebounding · 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. each cave and echoing rock rebounds
- To jump up or get back up again. “Even after this utter devastation, most people in the Greenwood community, most African Americans in Tulsa said to themselves and to their larger community, ‘we shall not be moved.’ And they rebounded and rebuilt and created an incarnation of Black Wall Street that would surpass its initial version
- To send back; to reverberate. Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound, / And carry to the skies the sacred sound.
- To catch the ball after it has hit the rim or backboard without scoring a basket for the other team. By the mid-19605, the top small forwards in the game were Rick Barry and Iohn Havlicek, both of whom excelled as defenders and passers, rebounded well, and provided their respective teams with exceptional scoring.
rebound²
- /ˈɹiː.baʊnd/
Rhymes with -iːbaʊnd
Where it comes from
see rebind
verb
- simple past and past participle of rebind
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: backlash, recoil, bounce, rally, repercussion, bound, ricochet, spring, turnaround, backfire, recurrence, relapse, upturn, return, comeback, uplift
Translations
Every language
noun recoil of an object bouncing off another
| Español | rebote |
|---|---|
| Português | rebote, rebatida |
| Français | rebond |
| Deutsch | Rückprall |
noun return to health
| Español | recuperación, restablecimiento, reestablecimiento |
|---|---|
| Français | guérison |
| Deutsch | Rebound |
noun effort to recover from a setback
| Français | rétablissement |
|---|
noun romantic partner, for the sake of recovery
| Português | tapa-buraco |
|---|
noun in basketball
| Español | rebote |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 리바운드 ribaundeu |
| 日本語 | リバウンド ribaundo |
| 中文 | 籃板球 /篮板球 lánbǎnqiú |
| Deutsch | Rebound |
| Ελληνικά | ριμπάουντ rimpáount |
verb to bound or spring back from a force
| Español | rebotar, repercutir, resurtir, recudir |
|---|---|
| Português | rebater |
| Français | rebondir |
| Deutsch | zurückprallen |
| Italiano | rimbalzare |
| Русский | отскакивать otskakivatʹ |
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title = {rebound},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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