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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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', v.t. To drive back; to reverberate.
Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound.
REBOUND', n. The act of flying back in resistance of the impulse of another body; resilience.
Put back as from a rock with swift rebound.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a movement back from an impact [syn: recoil, repercussion, rebound, backlash]
2: a reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration; "he is still on the rebound from his wife's death"
3: the act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot v
1: spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" [syn: bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet]
2: return to a former condition; "The jilted lover soon rallied and found new friends"; "The stock market rallied" [syn: rally, rebound]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French rebundir, from re- + Old French bondir to bound — more at bound Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. a. to spring back on or as if on collision or impact with another body b. to recover from setback or frustration 2. reecho 3. to gain possession of a rebound in basketball transitive verb to cause to rebound • rebounder noun II. noun Date: 1530 1. a. the action of rebounding ; recoil b. an upward leap or movement ; recovery <a sharp rebound in prices> 2. a. a basketball or hockey puck that rebounds b. the act or an instance of gaining possession of a basketball rebound <leads the league in rebounds> 3. a reaction to setback, frustration, or crisis <on the rebound from an unhappy love affair>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. 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. Phrases and idioms: on the rebound while still recovering from an emotional shock, esp. rejection by a lover. Derivatives: rebounder n. Etymology: ME f. OF rebonder, rebondir (as RE-, BOUND(1)) 2. past and past part. of REBIND.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rebound Re*bound", v. 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rebound Re*bound", v. t. To send back; to reverberate. Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound. --Dryden.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rebound Re*bound", n. The act of rebounding; resilience. Flew . . . back, as from a rock, with swift rebound. --Dryden.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(rebounds, rebounding, rebounded) 1. If something rebounds from a solid surface, it bounces or springs back from it. His shot in the 21st minute of the game rebounded from a post... The hot liquid splashed down on the concrete and rebounded. VERB: V prep, V 2. If an action or situation rebounds on you, it has an unpleasant effect on you, especially when this effect was intended for someone else. Mia realised her trick had rebounded on her... The CIA was extremely wary of interfering with the foreign Press; in the past, such interference had rebounded. VERB: V on/upon n, V 3. If you say that someone is on the rebound, you mean that they have just ended a relationship with a girlfriend or boyfriend. This often makes them do things they would not normally do. He took heroin for the first time when he was on the rebound from a broken relationship. PHRASE: usu v-link PHR 4. In basketball, a rebound is a shot which someone catches after it has hit the board behind the basket. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. n. 1. Reverberate, recoil, react, spring back, fly back, bound back, ricochet. 2. Reverberate, re-echo. II. n. Resilience, repercussion, reaction, recoil, reverberation.

Moby Thesaurus

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