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rebound

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Noun

  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. The period of getting over a recently ended romantic relationship.
  5. 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.
  6. The strike of the ball after it has bounced off a defending player or the crossbar or goalpost.
  7. 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.

Verb

  1. To bound or spring back from a force.
  2. To give back an echo.
  3. To jump up or get back up again.
  4. To send back; to reverberate.
  5. To catch the ball after it has hit the rim or backboard without scoring a basket for the other team.
  6. simple past and past participle of rebind

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