What does rebound mean?
Rebound means The recoil of an object bouncing off another..
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/ɹiˈbaʊnd/ · noun
The recoil of an object bouncing off another..
I am on the rebound.
"I get it. Girl caught him on the rebound when he was vulnerable."
What if she was a rebound after all and he didn't feel the same way for her anymore?
Nika was dealt a terrible blow in finding she was a rebound and that Steve was still madly in love with his ex and that their love affair was sparked out of retaliation[.]
Sure, he was a rebound, but he was a respectable rebound. Then, the rebound broke up with me.
The inevitable Baggies onslaught followed as substitute Simon Cox saw his strike excellently parried by keeper Bunn, with Cox heading the rebound down into the ground and agonisingly over the bar.
Wemby’s 50-point game was much milder, if that’s even a thing statistically. This season, he has already had a 5×5 (25 points, nine rebounds, seven assists, five steals and five blocks), a near triple-double (24 points, 13 rebounds and nine blocks) and this 50-burger. […] Just that measly 35-point, 14-assist and 12-rebound game from LeBron James as the Lakers got a little revenge on the Grizzlies.
Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one another.
Use rebound when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Rebound means The recoil of an object bouncing off another..
Common synonyms include recoil, spring, rally, bounce.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I am on the rebound.
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