Dictionary Entry
rebound
rebound is a 7-letter English word with 10 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo.
- 2intransitive verb
To give back an echo.
- 3intransitive verb
To bound again or repeatedly, as a horse.
- 4transitive verb
To send back; to reverberate.
- 5noun
The act of rebounding; resilience.
- 6noun
the act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot
- 7noun
a reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration
"he is still on the rebound from his wife's death"
- 8noun
a movement back from an impact
Synonyms
- 9verb
return to a former condition
"The jilted lover soon rallied and found new friends"
"The stock market rallied"
Synonyms
- 10verb
spring back; spring away from an impact
"The rubber ball bounced"
"These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
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