Rebound /(rē̇*bound")/
Re·bound
Rebound
v. i.
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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.
Phrases & Compounds
- Rebounding lock
- one in which the hammer rebounds to half cock after striking the cap or primer.
Rebound
v. t.
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To send back; to reverberate.
Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound.
Rebound
n.
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The act of rebounding; resilience.
Flew . . . back, as from a rock, with swift rebound.
- recovery, as from sickness, psychological shock, or disappointment.