rebound
verb
- to bounce back, recover from
noun
- recovery from a depressed state
- basketball term
- period following the break up of a romantic relationship
- act or process of recovering or bouncing back (from)
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɹiˈbaʊnd/ / /ˈɹi.baʊnd/ / /ˈɹiː.baʊnd/
noun
Etymology: From Old French rebondir.
- The recoil of an object bouncing off another.
- A return to health or well-being; a recovery.
“I am on the rebound.”
- An effort to recover from a setback.
- The period of getting over a recently ended romantic relationship.
“"I get it. Girl caught him on the rebound when he was vulnerable."”
- A romantic partner with whom one begins a relationship (or the relationship one begins) for the sake of getting over a previous, recently ended romantic relationship.
“What if she was a rebound after all and he didn't feel the same way for her anymore?”
“Nika was dealt a terrible blow in finding she was a rebound and that Steve was still madly in love with his ex and that their love affair was sparked out of retaliation[.]”
- The strike of the ball after it has bounced off a defending player or the crossbar or goalpost.
“The inevitable Baggies onslaught followed as substitute Simon Cox saw his strike excellently parried by keeper Bunn, with Cox heading the rebound down into the ground and agonisingly over the bar.”
- An instance of catching the ball after it has hit the rim or backboard without a basket being scored, generally credited to a particular player.
“Wemby’s 50-point game was much milder, if that’s even a thing statistically. This season, he has already had a 5×5 (25 points, nine rebounds, seven assists, five steals and five blocks), a near triple-double (24 points, 13 rebounds and nine blocks) and this 50-burger. […] Just that measly 35-point, 14-assist and 12-rebound game from LeBron James as the Lakers got a little revenge on the Grizzlies.”
verb
Etymology: see rebind
- simple past and past participle of rebind