English Dictionary

rebound

/ɹiˈbaʊnd/

noun

The recoil of an object bouncing off another. / A return to health or well-being; a recovery. / An effort to recover from a setback.

The basketball had a high rebound off the backboard.

意味（1）

The recoil of an object bouncing off another.

意味（2）

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

I am on the rebound.

意味（3）

An effort to recover from a setback.

意味（4）

(colloquial) The period of getting over a recently-ended romantic relationship.

I get it. Girl caught him on the rebound when he was vulnerable.

意味（5）

(colloquial) 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.

What if she was a rebound after all and he didn't feel the same way for her anymore?

意味（6）

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

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.

意味（7）

(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.