Definizione monolingua

rebound

rebound (third-person singular simple present rebounds, present participle rebounding, simple past and past participle rebounded)

1. To bound or spring back from a force.
2. (figuratively) To jump up or get back up again.

rebound (plural rebounds)

1. The recoil of an object bouncing off another.
2. A return to health or well-being; a recovery.

   I am on the rebound.

3. An effort to recover from a setback.
4. 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.
   • 2008, Craig Ainsworth, Proceed with Caution: Lifes a Journey, ISBN 1424186080, page 96:

     What if she was a rebound after all and he didnt feel the same way for her anymore?

   • 2009, Kenny Attaway, Nuthouse Love, ISBN 1449044549, page 154:

     Nika was dealt a terrible blow in finding she was a rebound and that Steve was still madly in love with his ex and that their love affair was sparked out of retaliation[.]

   • 2010, Joan Moran, Sixty, Sex, & Tango: Confessions of a Beatnik Boomer, ISBN 1450232817, page 43:

     Sure, he was a rebound, but he was a respectable rebound. Then, the rebound broke up with me.

5. (sports) The strike of the ball after it has bounced off a defending player, the crossbar or goalpost.
   • 2010 December 28, Kevin Darling, “West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn”, BBC:

     The inevitable Baggies onslaught followed as substitute Simon Cox saw his strike excellently parried by keeper Bunn, with Cox heading the rebound down into the ground and agonisingly over the bar.

6. (basketball) 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.

Definizione dizionario rebound

	rimbalzare
	To bound or spring back from a force

contraccolpo

reazione

rebound

rimbalzo

rimpallo

Altri significati:

Simple past tense and past participle of rebind.

A romantic partner for the sake of getting over a recent relationship.

To spring away from an impact.

To jump up or get back up again

The recoil of an object bouncing off another.

(basketball) 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.

To bound or spring back from a force.

(sports) The strike of the ball after it has bounced off a defending player, the crossbar or goalpost.

An effort to recover from a setback.

initiated just after the failure of something else.

(figuratively) To jump up or get back up again.

A return to health or well-being; a recovery.