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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun rebound has 3 senses
- rebound(n = noun.event) backlash, recoil, repercussion - a movement back from an impact; Array is a kind of motion, movement
- rebound(n = noun.act) Array - a reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration; "he is still on the rebound from his wife's death" is a kind of reaction, response
- rebound(n = noun.act) Array - the act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot; Array is a kind of catch, grab, snap, snatch
has particulars: bounce, bouncing, resilience, resiliency, carom, ricochet
Derived form verb rebound1
Derived form verb rebound2
is a part of basketball, basketball game, hoops
Verb rebound has 2 senses
- rebound(v = verb.motion) bounce, bound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop - spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" is one way to bound, jump, leap, spring
- rebound(v = verb.change) rally - return to a former condition; "The jilted lover soon rallied and found new friends"; "The stock market rallied" is one way to go back, recover, recuperate
Derived form noun rebound1
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Derived form noun rebound2
Sample sentences:
The stock market is going to rebound
The business is going to rebound
CIDE DICTIONARY
rebound, v. i. [Pref. re- + bound: cf. F. rebondir.].
- To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo. [1913 Webster]"Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one another." [1913 Webster]
- To give back an echo. T. Warton. [1913 Webster]
- To bound again or repeatedly, as a horse. Pope. [1913 Webster]
- to recover, as from sickness, psychological shock, or disappointment. [PJC]
rebound, v. t.
To send back; to reverberate. [1913 Webster]
"Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound."
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rebound, n.
- The act of rebounding; resilience. [1913 Webster]"Flew . . . back, as from a rock, with swift rebound." [1913 Webster]
- recovery, as from sickness, psychological shock, or disappointment. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
rebound, v. & n.
--v.intr.
1 spring back after action or impact.
2 (foll. by upon) (of an action) have an adverse effect upon (the doer).
--n.
1 the act or an instance of rebounding; recoil.
2 a reaction after a strong emotion.
--v.intr.
1 spring back after action or impact.
2 (foll. by upon) (of an action) have an adverse effect upon (the doer).
--n.
1 the act or an instance of rebounding; recoil.
2 a reaction after a strong emotion.
Idiom
on the rebound while still recovering from an emotional shock, esp. rejection by a lover.
Derivative
rebounder n.
rebound, past and past part. of REBIND.
THESAURUS
rebound
adaptability, backfire, backlash, backlashing, be reflected, be sent back, boom, boomerang, booming, bounce, bounce back, bounciness, bound, bound back, buoyance, buoyancy, cannon, cannon off, carom, comeback, contrecoup, echo, echo back, elasticity, extensibility, flexibility, fly back, give, growl, growling, grumble, grumbling, have repercussions, kick, kick back, kickback, lash back, liveliness, reboation, rebuff, recalcitrate, recalcitration, recoil, reecho, reflex, repercuss, repercussion, repulse, resile, resilience, resiliency, resound, resounding, responsiveness, return, reverberate, reverberation, ricochet, roll, rumble, rumbling, send back, snap, snap back, sound, spring, spring back, springiness, stretch, stretchability, stretchiness, thunder, thundering, tone, tonicity, tonusROGET THESAURUS
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Recoil
N recoil, reaction, retroaction, revulsion, bounce, rebound, ricochet, repercussion, recalcitration, kick, contrecoup, springing back, elasticity, reflection, reflexion, reflex, reflux, reverberation, rebuff, repulse, return, ducks and drakes, boomerang, spring, reactionist, elastic collision, coefficient of restitution, recoiling, refluent, repercussive, recalcitrant, reactionary, retroactive, on the rebound, on the recoil, for every action there is a reaction, equal in force and opposite in direction.VB recoil, react, spring back, fly back, bounce back, bound back, rebound, reverberate, repercuss, recalcitrate, echo, ricochet.
Regression
VB recede, regrade, return, revert, retreat, retire, retrograde, retrocede, back out, back down, balk, crawfish, crawl, withdraw, rebound, go back, come back, turn back, hark back, draw back, fall back, get back, put back, run back, lose ground, fall astern, drop astern, backwater, put about, backtrack, take the back track, veer round, double, wheel, countermarch, ebb, regurgitate, jib, shrink, shy, turn tail, turn round, turn upon one's heel, turn one's back upon, retrace one's steps, dance the back step, sound a retreat, beat a retreat, go home.
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