rebounding

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]...
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

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