'Rebound' definitions:
Definition of 'rebound'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
A reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration; "he is still on the rebound from his wife's death"
noun
The act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot
verb
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]
verb
Return to a former condition; "The jilted lover soon rallied and found new friends"; "The stock market rallied" [syn: rally, rebound]
Definition of 'Rebound'
From: GCIDE
- Rebound \Re*bound"\ (r[-e]*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. [1913 Webster]
- Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one another. --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To give back an echo. [R.] --T. Warton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To bound again or repeatedly, as a horse. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 4. to recover, as from sickness, psychological shock, or disappointment. [PJC]
- Rebounding lock (Firearms), one in which the hammer rebounds to half cock after striking the cap or primer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Rebound'
From: GCIDE
- Rebound \Re*bound"\, v. t. To send back; to reverberate. [1913 Webster]
- Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Rebound'
From: GCIDE
- Rebound \Re*bound"\, n.
- 1. The act of rebounding; resilience. [1913 Webster]
- Flew . . . back, as from a rock, with swift rebound. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. recovery, as from sickness, psychological shock, or disappointment. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'rebound'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- tonus