rebound

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: re=bound

CIDE DICTIONARY

rebound, v. i. [Pref. re- + bound: cf. F. rebondir.].

•  To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo.  [1913 Webster]

  "Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one another."  [1913 Webster]
•  To give back an echo.  T. Warton.  [1913 Webster]
•  To bound again or repeatedly, as a horse.  Pope.  [1913 Webster]
•  to recover, as from sickness, psychological shock, or disappointment.  [PJC]

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

rebound, v. t. 

 To send back; to reverberate.  [1913 Webster]
"Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound."  [1913 Webster]

rebound, n. 

•  The act of rebounding; resilience.  [1913 Webster]

  "Flew . . . back, as from a rock, with swift rebound."  [1913 Webster]
•  recovery, as from sickness, psychological shock, or disappointment.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

rebound, v. & n.
--v.intr.
1 spring back after action or impact.
2 (foll. by upon) (of an action) have an adverse effect upon (the doer).
--n.
1 the act or an instance of rebounding; recoil.
2 a reaction after a strong emotion.

Idiom

on the rebound while still recovering from an emotional shock, esp. rejection by a lover.

Derivative

rebounder n.

rebound, past and past part. of REBIND.

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

rebound

Recoil

N recoil, reaction, retroaction, revulsion, bounce, rebound, ricochet, repercussion, recalcitration, kick, contrecoup, springing back, elasticity, reflection, reflexion, reflex, reflux, reverberation, rebuff, repulse, return, ducks and drakes, boomerang, spring, reactionist, elastic collision, coefficient of restitution, recoiling, refluent, repercussive, recalcitrant, reactionary, retroactive, on the rebound, on the recoil, for every action there is a reaction, equal in force and opposite in direction.

VB recoil, react, spring back, fly back, bounce back, bound back, rebound, reverberate, repercuss, recalcitrate, echo, ricochet.

Regression

VB recede, regrade, return, revert, retreat, retire, retrograde, retrocede, back out, back down, balk, crawfish, crawl, withdraw, rebound, 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.