rebound : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: rebound	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for rebound
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rebound n a movement back from an impact [syn: recoil, repercussion, rebound, backlash] a reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration; "he is still on the rebound from his wife's death" the act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot v spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" Synonym(s): bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet return to a former condition; "The jilted lover soon rallied and found new friends"; "The stock market rallied" Synonym(s): rally, rebound
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rebound \Rebound"\, 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. Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound* from one another. --Sir I. Newton. 2. To give back an echo. [R.] --T. Warton. 3. To bound again or repeatedly, as a horse. --Pope. {Rebounding lock} (Firearms), one in which the hammer rebounds to half cock after striking the cap or primer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rebound \Re*bound"\, v. t. To send back; to reverberate. Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rebound \Re*bound"\, n. The act of rebounding; resilience. Flew . . . back, as from a rock, with swift rebound. --Dryden.