From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishreboundre‧bound1 /rɪˈbaʊnd/ verb 1 [intransitive]HIT/BUMP INTO if a ball or other moving object rebounds, it moves quickly back away from something it has just hit → ricochetrebound off His shot on goal rebounded off the post.2 [intransitive]BFINCREASE IN NUMBER OR AMOUNT if prices, values etc rebound, they increase again after decreasing SYN recover Share prices rebounded today after last week’s losses.3 [intransitive, transitive]DSB to catch a basketball after a player has tried but failed to get a point → rebound on/upon somebody→ See Verb table
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rebound• Summers caught the ball as it hit the wall and rebounded.• We win playing a certain way, and you have to defend and rebound.• He led the Eagles in scoring and rebounding for each of his four years.• Although your skin might feel a bit taut after washing, the skin oils rebound in about the same time, too.• Electrons move around quickly, hitting and then rebounding off each other.• There is a process of segregation which can rebound on the marriage.• When you factor in their offensive rebounding, they shot 70 percent.• Springs shares fell as much as 1 1 / 8 before rebounding to 39 5 / 8, up 1 / 8.• It ran over the cloth, hit the brass base of the lamp, rebounded, wavered, fell.rebound off• The ball rebounded off the wall and I caught it.reboundre‧bound2 /ˈriːbaʊnd/ noun 1 → on the rebound2 [countable] technicalDSB an act of catching a basketball after a player has tried but failed to get a pointExamples from the Corpus
rebound• Hakeem Olajuwon had 22 points, 12 rebounds and five blocks, but nobody else had more than 13 for the Rockets.• Corie Blount suffered a mildly sprained right ankle after his awkward landing following a defensive rebound.• Clyde Drexler had 28 points, eight rebounds and eight assists while Hakeem Olajuwon had 26 points and 16 rebounds.• And then you're going up again on a surprisingly gentle rebound.• He played only 13 minutes and finished with two points and one rebound.• My best basketball is not based on on how many points, rebounds or assists I get.• His shot was blocked by goalkeeper Milton Flores, but the rebound came right to Caio, who poked it in.• The home fans were relieved to see the rebound strike defender Kay and cannon over the crossbar.From Longman Business Dictionaryreboundre‧bound /rɪˈbaʊnd/ verb [intransitive] to increase or grow again after decreasingsigns that the economy will rebound next yearStock prices rebounded from Wednesday’s steep slide. —rebound noun [countable]He forecasts a strong rebound in oil prices.→ See Verb table 