Definition of rebounding Rebounding

/ɹibawˈndɪŋ/ - [reebawnding] -

We found 3 definitions of rebounding from 2 different sources.

What does rebounding mean?

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Noun Plural: rebounds
rebound - the act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot
		grab, snatch, catch, snap a mechanical device for gripping an object
rebound - a reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration; "he is still on the rebound from his wife's death"
		reaction, response doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like; "his style of painting was a reaction against cubism"
rebound - a movement back from an impact
		recoil, repercussion, backlash
		motion, movement the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"
		bouncing, bounce the quality of a substance that is able to rebound
		resilience, resiliency the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit

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rebound (Noun)
The recoil of an object bouncing off another.
rebound (Noun)
A return to health or well-being; a recovery.
rebound (Noun)
An effort to recover from a setback.
rebound (Noun)
A romantic partner with whom one begins a relationship or the relationship one begins for the sake of get getting over a previous, recently-ended romantic relationship.
rebound (Noun)
The strike of the ball after it has bounced off a defending player, the crossbar or goalpost.
rebound (Noun)
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.
rebound (Verb)
To bound or spring back from a force.
rebound (Verb)
To jump up or get back up again.

rebound (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.
rebound (v. i.)
To give back an echo.
rebound (v. i.)
To bound again or repeatedly, as a horse.
rebound (v. t.)
To send back; to reverberate.
rebound (n.)
The act of rebounding; resilience.

rebound
A movement back from an impact.
rebound
A reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration.
rebound
The act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot.
rebound
To spring away from an impact.
rebound
To return from a worse to a former better condition.

rebound
rē-bownd′, 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