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rebound

/ɹiˈbaʊnd/US/ˈɹi.baʊnd/

rebound noun: the recoil of an object bouncing off another. Also the simple past and past participle of rebind.

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. (colloquial) The period of getting over a recently ended romantic relationship.
    • "I get it. Girl caught him on the rebound when he was vulnerable."2014 April 4, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Friday, Apr 4, 2014
  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.
    • What if she was a rebound after all and he didn't feel the same way for her anymore?2008, Craig Ainsworth, Proceed with Caution: Life's a Journey, →ISBN, page 96
    • 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[.]2009, Kenny Attaway, Nuthouse Love, →ISBN, page 154
  6. 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.2010 December 28, Kevin Darling, “West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2022
  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.
    • 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...2024 November 14, Zach Harper, “About Victor Wembanyama’s speedy 50 burger. Plus, the Cavaliers remain perfect!”, in The Athletic, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2024

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.
    • Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one another.1704, I[saac] N[ewton], “(please specify |book=1 to 3)”, in Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. […], London: […] Sam[uel] Smith, and Benj[amin]...
    • 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.2012 August 23, Alasdair Lamont, “Hearts 0-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport
  2. To give back an echo.
    • each cave and echoing rock reboundsa. 1714, Alexander Pope, Autumn
  3. (figuratively) 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...2021 May 20, Ashley Vaughan, “Remembering Black Wall Street: Ways to invest in Tulsa and champion Black businesses”, in CNN, archived from the original on 31 May 2021
  4. (transitive) To send back; to reverberate.
    • Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound, / And carry to the skies the sacred sound.1697, Virgil, “Pastoral 6”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
  5. 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.2013, Robert W. Cohen, Pro Basketball's All-time All-stars: Across the Eras, page xxi
    • I knew for sure if Griffin blocked shots and rebounded the basketball my Ravens would become champions.2021, Ronald Lee Fleming, Rise of the Ravens, page 2021

Also used as

rebound is also the simple past and past participle of rebind.

rebound meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu

rebound in Hindi

रिबाउंड

rebound in Urdu

ریباؤنڈ, ریباؤنڈ کریں

rebound in Bengali

রিবাউন্ড, রিবাউন্ড করুন

rebound in Telugu

రీబౌండ్
More languagesFewer languages
rebound in Malayalam
റീബൌണ്ട്, റിബൌണ്ട്, റീബൌണ്ട് ചെയ്യുക
rebound in Kannada
ರೀಬೌಂಡ್
rebound in Punjabi
ਰਿਬਾਊਂਡ, ਰੀਬਾਊਂਡ, ਰੀਬੌਂਡ
rebound in Gujarati
રિબાઉન્ડ, રીબાઉન્ડ
rebound in Odia
ରିବାଉଣ୍ଡ, ରିବାଉଣ୍ଡ କରନ୍ତୁ
rebound in Nepali
रिबाउन्ड
rebound in Tagalog
tumalbog

Examples of rebound in a sentence

  • Lamar Odom had a double-double-double tonight with 22 points and 22 rebounds.
  • He caught the rebound off the glass.
  • Mitchell unsurprisingly balled out in his return, dropping 46 points, grabbing six rebounds and adding five assists.

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Forms of rebound

Noun
pluralrebounds
Verb
third-person singular presentrebounds
present participlerebounding
past participlerebounded
pastrebounded

Past tense of rebound: rebounded

Plural of rebound: rebounds

Origin of rebound

From Old French rebondir.

see rebind

Words formed from rebound

Phrases with rebound

Words that rhyme with rebound

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Questions about rebound

What does rebound mean?
Rebound means the recoil of an object bouncing off another.
What is rebound in Hindi?
Rebound in Hindi is रिबाउंड. See Rebound meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is rebound?
Rebound can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce rebound?
Rebound is pronounced /ɹiˈbaʊnd/ (UK).
What is the plural of rebound?
The plural of rebound is rebounds.

Words near rebound in the dictionary

  1. rebought
  2. rebounce
  3. rebounced
  4. rebounces
  5. rebouncing
  6. rebound
  7. rebound congestion
  8. rebound effect
  9. rebound effects
  10. rebound exercise
  11. rebound exercises

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rebound (page history and authors); rebound (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rebound (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rebound (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rebound (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rebound (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rebound (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rebound (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rebound (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rebound (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rebound (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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