1. A movement back from an impact
   "The force of the explosion caused a violent rebound";
   - recoil, repercussion, backlash
    
2. A reaction to a crisis, setback or frustration
   "he is still on the rebound from his wife's death"
    
3. The act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot
   "He grabbed the rebound and quickly passed it to his teammate"

1. Move back in a roughly opposite direction after an impact
   "The rubber ball rebounded";
   - bounce, resile, spring, bound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet
    
2. Recover quickly from a setback
   "The jilted lover soon rebounded and found new friends";
   - rally

1. Provide with a new binding
   "The tattered old book is valuable and we need to rebind it"

Derived forms: rebounded, rebounding, rebounds

Type of: bind, bound, catch, go back, grab, jump, leap, motion, movement, reaction, recover, recuperate, response, snap, snatch, spring

Part of: basketball, basketball game, hoops

Encyclopedia: Rebound, Part 1