rebound
to bound or spring back from force of impact.
to recover, as from ill health or discouragement.
Basketball. to gain hold of rebounds: a forward who rebounds well off the offensive board.
to cause to bound back; cast back.
Basketball. to gain hold of (a rebound): The guard rebounded the ball in backcourt.
the act of rebounding; recoil.
Basketball.
a ball that bounces off the backboard or the rim of the basket.
an instance of gaining hold of such a ball.
Ice Hockey. a puck that bounces off the gear or person of a goalkeeper attempting to make a save.
Idioms about rebound
on the rebound,
after bouncing off the ground, a wall, etc.: He hit the ball on the rebound.
after being rejected by another: She didn't really love him; she married him on the rebound.
Origin of rebound
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How to use rebound in a sentence
“A lot of the market rebound is based on the premise of continued stimulus,” Edward Jones’ Nela Richardson recently told Fortune.
‘There’s going to be a selloff in the stock market’ if Congress doesn’t pass more stimulus | Lance Lambert | August 23, 2020 | FortuneOver the next two months, even with a slight rebound, spending remained more than 80% lower than it had been year over year.
”Pivot” has been the word’: How travel publishers are navigating the coronavirus pandemic | Max Willens | August 20, 2020 | DigidayThey examined the performance of value compared to the overall market during six previous downturns and the rebounds that followed.
The champ’s big comeback: Why beaten-down value stocks are poised to thrive | Shawn Tully | August 18, 2020 | FortuneLike bringing the ball up — you’ll see, I’ll grab that rebound, and the point guard’s telling me, you push the ball up.
These 3 Breakout Stars Are Making The Most Of The WNBA Bubble | Howard Megdal | August 14, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightSo, the order has to be buckle down, eight weeks, open school safely so that you don’t get a rebound and then everything should take off.
And maybe—just maybe—voter enthusiasm will rebound as a result.
Time is Money: How to Fix Outrageous Political Spending | Jim Arkedis | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMore and more Americans have jobs since the economy started to rebound.
Yet, even when rebound sex can add in the short-term to the heartbreak, it may actually have long-term benefits.
People Who Have Had Rebound Sex Tell Us Why It Is Awesome | Emily Shire | January 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTrebound sex can be more about distracting your heart than entertaining your body.
People Who Have Had Rebound Sex Tell Us Why It Is Awesome | Emily Shire | January 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTJust a week after her breakup, Dior also knows her expectations for rebound sex and potentially cause more hurt.
People Who Have Had Rebound Sex Tell Us Why It Is Awesome | Emily Shire | January 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWere we to offer fifty pounds per head, instead of ten shillings, the bid would rebound in shame upon ourselves.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonThen he said that we were not to return evil for evil, lest the evil rebound upon ourselves with redoubled force.
My Religion | Leo TolstoyWhich is a new device and very terrible, for it pierces the house first, and breaks at the last rebound.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots | Henry BairdThe sound seemed to sink, and mount from cavity to cavity—to rebound and to divide—and at length to die in a good old age.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 459 | VariousThe manner of striking the bell was to pull back the log several feet, then let go the rope, holding the log after the rebound.
Japanese Fairy World | William Elliot Griffis
British Dictionary definitions for rebound
to spring back, as from a sudden impact
to misfire, esp so as to hurt the perpetrator: the plan rebounded
the act or an instance of rebounding
on the rebound
in the act of springing back
informal in a state of recovering from rejection, disappointment, etc: he married her on the rebound from an unhappy love affair
Origin of rebound
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Other Idioms and Phrases with rebound
see on the rebound.
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