bounceback

or bounce-back

[ bouns-bak ]

/ ˈbaʊnsˌbæk /

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noun

the act or an instance of bouncing back, recovering, or recuperating: Fall sales have experienced a tremendous bounceback.

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Origin of bounceback

Noun use of verb phrase bounce back

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How to use bounceback in a sentence

Ojile likens it to chronic sleep deprivation: An occasional all-nighter is rough, but you bounce back.
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It meant more to our father to see us deal with a setback and try to bounce back than to watch how we handled our successes.
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But if you throw it against the hard wall of ultimate reality, it will bounce back and be very lively.
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To ask these questions is to begin to bounce back from politically induced despair.
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As soon as they strike the object you are looking at, they reflect (bounce back) from it to your eyes.
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You'd just hit the earth and then bounce back again, but there's no use of talking about that, because it never happened but once.
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More marbles would hit against the wood and bounce back than ever went through the little holes.
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Air waves do the same thing; when they strike against a flat surface, they bounce back like a rubber ball.
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But sometimes they hit a stone, sir, and bounce back a terrible distance!
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British Dictionary definitions for bounceback

bounce back

verb

(intr, adverb) to recover one's health, good spirits, confidence, etc, easily after a setback

noun bounce-back

a recovery following a setback

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