rebounds
noun
Meaning
- The recoil of an object bouncing off another.
- A return to health or well-being; a recovery.
- An effort to recover from a setback.
- 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.
- The strike of the ball after it has bounced off a defending player, the crossbar or goalpost.
- 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.
- To give back an echo.
- To jump up or get back up again.
- To send back; to reverberate.
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