rebound

Meaning

Noun

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) The period of getting over a recently ended romantic relationship.
5. (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.
6. The strike of the ball after it has bounced off a defending player or the crossbar or goalpost.
7. 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

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.
5. To catch the ball after it has hit the rim or backboard without scoring a basket for the other team.

Verb

simple past and past participle of rebind

rebind

1. To bind again.
2. To associate a command with a different key.

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Synonyms

bounce

recoil

ricochet

spring

rally

bounce back

backlash

recover

spring back

bound

return

repercussion

resile

resilience

boomerang

🪃

reverberate

turn back

come back

recovery

reflect

backfire

re-echo

take a hop

play

prance

go back

ramp

reaction

give back

get back

throw back

recoil on

fillip

drive back

restore

resuscitate

retraction

draw back

dap

reversal

reverse

revive

cheer up

setback

shoot

bomb

💣

start

throw off

blowback

start back

Translations

rebondir

rebond

zurückprallen

contraccolpo

terugspringen

Rückprall

rebote

rebotar

rebot

afstuiten

abprallen

αναπηδώ

rimbalzare

rimbalzo

aanslaan

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹiˈbaʊnd/

Etymology

From Old French rebondir.