Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense rebounds, present participle rebounding, past tense, past participle reboundedpronunciation note: The verb is pronounced (rɪbaʊnd). The noun is pronounced (riːbaʊnd).
1. verb
If something rebounds from a solid surface, it bounces or springs back from it.
His shot in the 21st minute of the game rebounded from a post. [VERB preposition]
The hot liquid splashed down on the concrete and rebounded. [VERB]
Synonyms: bounce, ricochet, spring back, return More Synonyms of rebound
2. verb
If an action or situation reboundson you, it has an unpleasant effect on you, especially when this effect was intended for someone else.
Mia realised her trick had rebounded on her. [VERB + on/upon]
The CIA was extremely wary of interfering with the foreign press; in the past, suchinterference had rebounded. [VERB]
Synonyms: misfire, backfire, recoil, boomerang More Synonyms of rebound
3.
See be on the rebound
4. countable noun
In basketball, a rebound is a shot which someone catches after it has hit the board behind the basket.
Synonyms: bounce, return, comeback [informal], repercussion More Synonyms of rebound
rebound in British English
verb (rɪˈbaʊnd)(intransitive)
1.
to spring back, as from a sudden impact
2.
to misfire, esp so as to hurt the perpetrator
the plan rebounded
noun (ˈriːbaʊnd)
3.
the act or an instance of rebounding
4. on the rebound
Word origin
C14: from Old French rebondir, from re- + bondir to bound2
rebound in American English
(rɪˈbaʊnd; also, and for 4 & n. usually, ˈriˌbaʊnd)
verb intransitive
1.
to bound back; spring back upon impact with something
2.
to reecho or reverberate
3.
to leap or spring, as in recovery
his spirits rebounded
4. US, Basketball
to seize a rebound (sense 8) rebound (sense 8a)
verb transitive
5.
to make bound or spring back
6.
to return (a sound)
noun
7.
the act or an instance of rebounding; recoil
8. Sport
a. US
a basketball that bounces off the backboard or basket rim, or a hockey puck that bounds back after an attempted goal
b.
a play made by recovering such a rebound
Idioms:
on the rebound
Word origin
ME rebounden < OFr rebondir
Examples of 'rebound' in a sentence
rebound
It would have just rebounded and hit me in the face!
The Sun (2016)
The rebounding economy after the banking crisis has also put people off joining the military.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Industry experts put the turnaround down to the strong rebound in coal and iron ore prices.
The Sun (2016)
What is certain is that personal earnings will rebound strongly.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Tal hit in the rebound from his own shot just after the half hour.
The Sun (2007)
So he just dived into this rebound relationship with a car.
The Sun (2013)
Oil was also on the rise as the price rebounded.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Had one shot on the rebound saved.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The recovery will be delayed and the rebound less strong than it might have been.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Relationships on the rebound rarely work out.
Vera Peiffer POSITIVE THINKING: Everything you have always known about positive thinking but wereafraid to put into practice (2001)
And you rebound halfway back to the woods with your brain rattling around.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It is hard to imagine it is going to rebound quickly.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The defender rammed home on the rebound just when it seemed this clash of the promotion rivals was going to end goalless.
The Sun (2014)
This isn't just a rebound thing.
The Sun (2013)
We don't expect a rebound in prices in that time.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He had come within centimetres of extending his blessed run, an effort rebounding off the post.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
All stimulants, including sugar, can cause this "rebound" effect.
Holford, Patrick The Family Nutrition Workbook (1988)
The Spaniard splendidly cracked home an angled right-foot shot from the rebound after his first attempt had been blocked.
The Sun (2013)
He added: 'With withdrawal you get a rebound effect where the individual suffers more rapid eye movement and more dreaming.
The Sun (2009)
In other languages
rebound
British English: rebound VERB
If something rebounds from a solid surface, it bounces or springs back from it.
His shot in the 21st minute of the game rebounded from a post.
American English: rebound
Brazilian Portuguese: ressaltar
Chinese: 弹回
European Spanish: rebotar
French: rebondir
German: zurückprallen
Italian: rimbalzare
Japanese: 跳ね返る
Korean: >튀어 올라오다공 등이
European Portuguese: ressaltar
Latin American Spanish: rebotar
1 (verb)
Definition
to spring back from a sudden impact
His shot rebounded from a post.
Synonyms
bounce
The ball bounced past the right-hand post.
ricochet
spring back
return
He failed to find accuracy when the ball returned to him.
resound
recoil
I recoiled in horror.
2 (verb)
Definition
(of a plan or action) to misfire so as to hurt the person responsible
Mia realised her trick had rebounded on her.
Synonyms
misfire
backfire
The President's tactics could backfire.
recoil
boomerang
The trick boomeranged, though.
(noun)
Definition
the act of rebounding
Synonyms
bounce
the pace and steep bounce of the pitch
return
comeback (informal)
The former world champion is making a comeback.
repercussion
kickback
ricochet
Additional synonyms
in the sense of backfire
Definition
(of a plan or scheme) to fail to have the desired effect
The President's tactics could backfire.
Synonyms
fail,
founder,
flop (informal),
rebound,
fall through,
fall flat,
boomerang,
miscarry,
misfire,
go belly-up (slang),
turn out badly,
meet with disaster
in the sense of boomerang
Definition
(of a plan) to recoil unexpectedly, harming its originator
The trick boomeranged, though.
Synonyms
rebound,
backfire,
come home to roost
in the sense of comeback
Definition
a return to a former position or status
The former world champion is making a comeback.
Synonyms
return,
revival,
rebound,
resurgence,
rally,
recovery,
triumph
Synonyms of 'rebound'
rebound
Explore 'rebound' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of recoil
Definition
to jerk or spring back
I recoiled in horror.
Synonyms
jerk back,
pull back,
flinch,
quail,
kick,
react,
rebound,
spring back,
resile
in the sense of repercussion
Definition
an echo or reverberation
Synonyms
reverberation,
echo,
rebound,
recoil
in the sense of return
He failed to find accuracy when the ball returned to him.