rebound

rebound
    n 1: a movement back from an impact [syn: {recoil},
         {repercussion}, {rebound}, {backlash}]
    2: a reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration; "he is
       still on the rebound from his wife's death"
    3: the act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball
       after a missed shot
    v 1: spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball
         bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite
         after they collide" [syn: {bounce}, {resile}, {take a hop},
         {spring}, {bound}, {rebound}, {recoil}, {reverberate},
         {ricochet}]
    2: return to a former condition; "The jilted lover soon rallied
       and found new friends"; "The stock market rallied" [syn:
       {rally}, {rebound}]
    

Rebound \Re*bound"\, v. t.
   To send back; to reverberate.
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         Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound. --Dryden.
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Rebound \Re*bound"\, n.
   1. The act of rebounding; resilience.
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            Flew . . . back, as from a rock, with swift rebound.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   2. recovery, as from sickness, psychological shock, or
      disappointment.
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Rebound \Re*bound"\ (r[-e]*bound"), v. i. [Pref. re- + bound:
   cf. F. rebondir.]
   1. To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or
      reverberated by elastic force on collision with another
      body; as, a rebounding echo.
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            Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to
            be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one
            another.                              --Sir I.
                                                  Newton.
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   2. To give back an echo. [R.] --T. Warton.
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   3. To bound again or repeatedly, as a horse. --Pope.
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   4. to recover, as from sickness, psychological shock, or
      disappointment.
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   {Rebounding lock} (Firearms), one in which the hammer
      rebounds to half cock after striking the cap or primer.
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76 Moby Thesaurus words for "rebound":
      adaptability, backfire, backlash, backlashing, be reflected,
      be sent back, boom, boomerang, booming, bounce, bounce back,
      bounciness, bound, bound back, buoyance, buoyancy, cannon,
      cannon off, carom, comeback, contrecoup, echo, echo back,
      elasticity, extensibility, flexibility, fly back, give, growl,
      growling, grumble, grumbling, have repercussions, kick, kick back,
      kickback, lash back, liveliness, reboation, rebuff, recalcitrate,
      recalcitration, recoil, reecho, reflex, repercuss, repercussion,
      repulse, resile, resilience, resiliency, resound, resounding,
      responsiveness, return, reverberate, reverberation, ricochet, roll,
      rumble, rumbling, send back, snap, snap back, sound, spring,
      spring back, springiness, stretch, stretchability, stretchiness,
      thunder, thundering, tone, tonicity, tonus