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Webster 1913 Edition


Rebound

Re-bound′

(rē̍-bound′)
,
Verb.
I.
[Pref.
re-
+
bound
: cf. F.
rebondir
.]
1.
To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body;
as, a
rebounding
echo
.
Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not
rebound
from one another.
Sir I. Newton.
2.
To give back an echo.
[R.]
T. Warton.
3.
To bound again or repeatedly, as a horse.
Pope.
Rebounding lock
(Firearms)
,
one in which the hammer rebounds to half cock after striking the cap or primer.

Re-bound′

,
Verb.
T.
To send back; to reverberate.
Silenus sung; the vales his voice
rebound
.
Dryden.

Re-bound′

,
Noun.
1.
The act of rebounding; resilience.
Flew . . . back, as from a rock, with swift
rebound
.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition


Rebound

REBOUND'

, v.i.
To spring back; to start back; to be reverberated by an elastic power resisting force or impulse impressed; as a rebounding echo.
Bodies absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one another.

REBOUND'

,
Verb.
T.
To drive back; to reverberate.
Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound.

REBOUND'

,
Noun.
The act of flying back in resistance of the impulse of another body; resilience.
Put back as from a rock with swift rebound.

Definition 2024


rebound

rebound

English

Pronunciation

Noun

rebound (plural rebounds)

  1. The recoil of an object bouncing off another.
  2. A return to health or well-being; a recovery.
    I am on the rebound.
  3. An effort to recover from a setback.
  4. 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.
    • 2008, Craig Ainsworth, Proceed with Caution: Life's a Journey, ISBN 1424186080, page 96:
      What if she was a rebound after all and he didn't feel the same way for her anymore?
    • 2009, Kenny Attaway, Nuthouse Love, ISBN 1449044549, page 154:
      Nika was dealt a terrible blow in finding she was a rebound and that Steve was still madly in love with his ex and that their love affair was sparked out of retaliation[.]
    • 2010, Joan Moran, Sixty, Sex, & Tango: Confessions of a Beatnik Boomer, ISBN 1450232817, page 43:
      Sure, he was a rebound, but he was a respectable rebound. Then, the rebound broke up with me.
  5. (sports) The strike of the ball after it has bounced off a defending player, the crossbar or goalpost.
    • 2010 December 28, Kevin Darling, “West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC:
      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.
  6. (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.
Translations

Verb

rebound (third-person singular simple present rebounds, present participle rebounding, simple past and past participle rebounded)

  1. To bound or spring back from a force.
    • Sir Isaac Newton
      Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one another.
    • 2012 August 23, Alasdair Lamont, “Hearts 0-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:
      Martin Kelly fired in a dangerous cross and the Hearts defender looked on in horror as the ball rebounded off him and into the net.
  2. To give back an echo.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of T. Warton to this entry?)
  3. (figuratively) To jump up or get back up again.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Alexander Pope to this entry?)
  4. (transitive) To send back; to reverberate.
    • Dryden
      Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound, / And carry to the skies the sacred sound.
Translations

See also

Etymology 2

see rebind

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹibɑʊnd/

Verb

rebound

  1. simple past tense and past participle of rebind

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