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noun

Rebound n.

The act of rebounding; resilience. "Flew... back, as from a rock, with swift rebound."

Recovery, as from sickness, psychological shock, or disappointment.

verb

rebind, re-bind v. t. (past & past part. rebound; pres. part. rebinding) To provide with a new binding, as of books. Usually used without the hyphen.

Rebound v. t. To send back; to reverberate. "Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound."

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. "Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one another."

To give back an echo. (R.)

To bound again or repeatedly, as a horse.

To recover, as from sickness, psychological shock, or disappointment.

Rebounding lock (Firearms), one in which the hammer rebounds to half cock after striking the cap or primer.

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Etymology of 'Rebound'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Rebound" Quotes from Famous Books

... had conceived for him be instantly turned into horror and disgust? When such a chill had withered a girl's fancy for a man, there could be no future blossoming, and her heart might be caught in the rebound. Once, Loria had thought that Virginia had been on the point of caring for him. Perhaps when they met she would turn to him again, remorseful for the pain she had caused, grateful for his unwavering loyalty; and, telling himself ...

— The Castle Of The Shadows • Alice Muriel Williamson

... the feet of the Marguerite—who was, according to the bills, Mlle. Nina Giraud. Then, from different parts of the house rose sundry of the stolid hillmen and cast upon the stage little brown and dun bags that fell with soft "thumps" and did not rebound. It was, no doubt, pleasure at the tribute to her art that caused Mlle. Giraud's eyes to shine so brightly when she opened these little deerskin bags in her dressing room and found them to contain pure gold dust. If so, the pleasure was rightly hers, for her voice in song, pure, strong ...

— Whirligigs • O. Henry

... after Queen Adelaide had lain in her grave, the publication of an old diary revived some foul-mouthed slanders, which no one is too pure to escape. But the coarse malice and gross falsehood of the accusations were so evident, that their sole result was to rebound with fatal effect on the memory of the man ...

— Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, (Victoria) Vol II • Sarah Tytler

... will sing so sweetly, now she's gone? Her gentle voice to hear, The wild winds dared not stir; And now they breathe but sorrow, moan for moan: So many joys are flown, Such jocund days Doth Death erase with her sweet eyes! Bid earth's lament arise, And make our dirge through heaven and sea rebound! ...

— Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series • John Addington Symonds

... cigarette, then, with his head still over his writing, he blew a cloud of smoke, which seemed to rebound from the paper. He took up ...

— Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard • Joseph Conrad

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