rebound

Meanings

Noun

• The recoil of an object bouncing off another.
• A return to health or well-being; a recovery.
• An effort to recover from a setback.
• A romantic partner with whom one begins a relationship (or the relationship one begins) for the sake of getting over a previous, recently-ended romantic relationship.
• The strike of the ball after it has bounced off a defending player, the crossbar or goalpost.
• An instance of catching the ball after it has hit the rim or backboard without a basket being scored, generally credited to a particular player.

Verb

• To bound or spring back from a force.
• To give back an echo.
• To jump up or get back up again.
• To send back; to reverberate.
• Past of rebind

Origin

• From Old French rebondir.
• see rebind