Rebound
[rɪ'baʊnd]
Definition
(noun.) the act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot.
(noun.) a reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration; 'he is still on the rebound from his wife's death'.
Inputed by Glenda--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo.
(v. i.) To give back an echo.
(v. i.) To bound again or repeatedly, as a horse.
(v. t.) To send back; to reverberate.
(n.) The act of rebounding; resilience.
Editor: Rosanne
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Reverberate, recoil, react, spring back, fly back, bound back.
n. Resilience, repercussion, reaction, recoil, reverberation.
Typed by Adele
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Reaction, ricochet, reverberation, recoil, resilience
ANT:Impression, impact, collision, percussion
SYN:Recoil, spring_back, reverberate,[See REVERBERATE]
Checker: Sandra
Definition
v.i. to bound or start back: to bound repeatedly: to recoil: to reverberate: to re-echo.—v.t. to repeat as an echo.—n. act of rebounding: recoil.
Edited by Bryan
Examples
- This animal struck the front of the locomotive just under the headlight with great violence, and was then thrown off by the rebound. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He received everything I said with patience and gentleness, but it all rebounded from him without taking the least effect. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I'll shock her no more, Cary, for the shock rebounded on myself till I staggered again. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The mare rebounded like a drop of water from hot iron. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- On the other hand, not to pull it tight enough will leave the cloth loose, which is not only unsightly, but will impair the rubber and destroy the accuracy of the balls rebounding from it. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In Fig. 277 is shown Smith & Wesson’s latest pattern of Hammerless Safety Revolver, with automatic shell extractor and rebounding lock. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Typed by Harrison