rebound

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
rebound1

▶verb /rɪˈbaʊnd/ 

• 1 bounce back after hitting a hard surface.

• 2 recover in value, amount, or strength.

• 3 (rebound on/upon) have an unexpected adverse consequence for.

• 4 Basketball gain possession of a missed shot after it bounces off the backboard or basket rim.

▶noun /ˈriːbaʊnd/ 

• 1 a ball or shot that rebounds.

  ■ Basketball a recovery of possession of a missed shot.

• 2 an instance of recovering in value, amount, or strength.

• 3 [usu. as modifier] Medicine recurrence of a condition after withdrawal of treatment.

– phrases
on the rebound still distressed after the ending of a romantic relationship.

– origin ME: from OFr. rebondir, from re- ‘back’ + bondir ‘bounce up’.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
rebound2

past and past participle of rebind.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
rebind/riːˈbʌɪnd/

▶verb (past and past part. rebound) give a new binding to (a book).