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rebound
noun
1 rebound
A movement back from an impact.
synonyms: backlash, recoil, repercussion.
Roget 277:
recoil;
reaction,
retroaction;
revulsion;
bounce,
rebound,
ricochet;
repercussion,
recalcitration†;
kick,
contrecoup [Fr.];
springing back
etc.
v.;
elasticity
etc.
325;
reflection,
reflexion [Brit.],
reflex,
reflux;
reverberation
etc.
(resonance)
408;
rebuff,
repulse;
return.
ducks and drakes;
boomerang;
spring,
reactionist†.
elastic collision,
coefficient of restitution.
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2 rebound
A reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration.
3 rebound
The act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot.
Polish: zbiĆ³rka
verb
1 rebound
Spring back; spring away from an impact.
synonyms: bounce, bound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop.
Roget 277:
recoil,
react;
spring back,
fly back,
bounce back,
bound back;
rebound,
reverberate,
repercuss†,
recalcitrate†;
echo,
ricochet.
Roget 283:
recede,
regrade,
return,
revert,
retreat,
retire;
retrograde,
retrocede;
back out;
back down;
balk;
crawfish [U.S.],
crawl [Slang];
withdraw;
rebound
etc.
277;
go back,
come back,
turn back,
hark back,
draw back,
fall back,
get back,
put back,
run back;
lose ground;
fall astern,
drop astern;
backwater,
put about;
backtrack,
take the back track;
veer round;
double,
wheel,
countermarch;
ebb,
regurgitate;
jib,
shrink,
shy.
turn tail,
turn round,
turn upon one's heel,
turn one's back upon;
retrace one's steps,
dance the back step;
sound a retreat,
beat a retreat;
go home.
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Dutch: veren, zwiepen
2 rebound
Return to a former condition.
synonym: rally.
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