- (sport) a ball that hits something and bounces back
- She headed the rebound into the net.
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- (in basketball) the act of catching the ball after a player has thrown it at the basket and has not scored a pointTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2
- (business) a positive reaction that happens after something negative
- There are signs of an economic rebound.
- (often used before another noun) the fact of having an illness again, especially after you stop taking medicine
- Some people had rebound infections after finishing treatment.
- rebound headaches
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French rebondir, from re- ‘back’ + bondir ‘bounce up’.
Idioms
See rebound in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryon the rebound
- while you are sad and confused, especially after a relationship has ended
- Paul left her and three months later she married Angus on the rebound.
- They first met when he was on the rebound from a broken relationship.
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