rebound Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun a movement back from an impact
repercussion; recoil; backlash.
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
spring; bound; bounce; take a hop; reverberate; recoil; resile; ricochet.
- The rubber ball bounced
- These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide
verb return to a former condition
rally.
- The jilted lover soon rallied and found new friends
- The stock market rallied

Pref. re- + bound: cf. F. rebondir.

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.
To give back an echo. R. T. Warton.
To bound again or repeatedly, as a horse. Pope.

To send back; to reverberate.
Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound. Dryden.

The act of rebounding; resilience.
Flew . . . back, as from a rock, with swift rebound. Dryden.