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rebounds

noun

Meaning

  1. The recoil of an object bouncing off another.
  2. A return to health or well-being; a recovery.
  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.
  5. The strike of the ball after it has bounced off a defending player, the crossbar or goalpost.
  6. 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.
  7. To bound or spring back from a force.
  8. To give back an echo.
  9. To jump up or get back up again.
  10. To send back; to reverberate.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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