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Antonyms for rebound

Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb ri-bound, ree-bound; noun ree-bound, ri-bound
Phonetic Transcription : verb rɪˈbaʊnd, ˈriˈbaʊnd; noun ˈriˌbaʊnd, rɪˈbaʊnd


Definition of rebound

Origin :
  • late 14c., "to spring, leap," also "return to afflict" (early 15c.), from Old French rebondir "leap back, resound; repulse, push back," from re- "back" (see re-) + bondir "leap, bound" (see bound (v.)). Sense of "to spring back from force of impact" is recorded from late 14c. Sports use probably first in tennis; basketball sense is attested from 1914. Related: Rebounded; rebounding.
  • verb bounce back; ricochet
Example sentences :
  • It had been rebound in yellow calf, and was in a good condition.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • He swept me off my feet, and made me think my heart was caught in the rebound.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • He is ready only on reflection: dangerous only at the rebound.
  • Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
  • It seemed as though all in an instant his heart went back to her in the rebound.
  • Extract from : « Pretty Madcap Dorothy » by Laura Jean Libbey
  • Granice faltered, feeling the rebound of the other's wonder.
  • Extract from : « The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton, Part 1 (of 10) » by Edith Wharton
  • Such blemishes can usually be removed when the volume is rebound.
  • Extract from : « The Book-Hunter at Home » by P. B. M. Allan
  • If he had been wicked he would have "caught" it, and I should have caught it by the rebound—I should have found the trace.
  • Extract from : « The Turn of the Screw » by Henry James
  • "I never knew a man who was caught on the rebound to squeal," he said.
  • Extract from : « Jack O' Judgment » by Edgar Wallace
  • The rebound tore it from its amazed owner's hand, and it thudded to the ground.
  • Extract from : « Millennium » by Everett B. Cole
  • It will then rebound, and rise almost to the same height from which it was dropped.
  • Extract from : « Aether and Gravitation » by William George Hooper

Synonyms for rebound

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