reboundn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈriːbaʊnd/, U.S.

/ˈriˌbaʊnd/

Forms: late Middle English rebon, late Middle English repon, late Middle English repone, late Middle English– rebound, 1500s rebounde, 1500s rebowne; Scottish pre-1700 rebund, pre-1700 1800s– rebound, 1800s reboon, 1800s reboond, 1800s– reboun'.

Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly formed within English, by conversion. Probably partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: rebound v.; French rebound, rebont.

Etymology: Probably partly < rebound v., and partly < Anglo-Norman rebound (end of the 13th cent.; also as rebounde ) and Middle French rebont act of rebounding (second half of the 15th cent.; 1414 denoting the octave of a festival; French rebond (1583 in Middle French)) < rebondir rebound v.

I. The action of bouncing back.

1. The action of rebounding; the springing or bouncing back of an object after impact or release of pressure; an instance of this. Also: the ability to do this; resilience.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > rebound > [noun]

reboundinga1382

reverberationc1405

rebound1440

stot1513

repercussion1553

recoil1583

resilience1626

reflection1642

refraction1653

resilition1654

backstroke1674

retro-spring1716

ricochet1740

dap1835

bounce1884

spring-back1899

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 430 Repone [?a1475 Winch. Repon] of a balle or oþer lyke, repulsa, repulus.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 261/1 Rebounde of a ball, bond.

1591 J. Florio Second Frutes 25 You stroke it [sc. a ball] at the second rebound.

1596 W. Raleigh Discoverie Guiana (new ed.) 67 The rebound of water made it seeme, as if it had beene all couered ouer with a great shower of rayne.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 398 They play Balls with Rackets, bringing their Steeds to observe the Rebound.

1732 T. Lediard tr. J. Terrasson Life Sethos II. vii. 55 His head..made three rebounds upon the scaffold.

1814 Ld. Byron Ode to Napoleon vi He who of old would rend the oak, Dream'd not of the rebound.

1831 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal I. 241 An elastic rabbet or spring pole to give a rebound to the hammer.

1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. xvii. 195 If you pinched the topmost spray, there was no rebound or firmness.

1917 R. Moldenke Princ. Iron Founding vi. 131 The Shore Scleroscope..measures the rebound of a ball of hardened steel after it strikes the surface to be examined.

1945 C. E. Balleisen Princ. Firearms vi. 57 Velocity imparted by the rebound from the backplate.

2003 O. Shine Lang. Tennis 49 A racquet is said to be forgiving if it..produces less unpredictability in the direction of the ball's rebound.

a. In various extended and figurative uses.

ΚΠ

1534 J. Heywood Play of Loue sig. Bi^v He who in louyng hath lot to suche lucke..Shalbe of power euyn as easely to plucke The mone in a momet with a fynger to grounde As of his ioy to enclose the rebounde.

1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde sig. A.viii Throw no gyft agayne at the gyuers hed... If thou do the rebounde may be so red, That the red bloud, may run downe in thy necke.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 173 Ye haue another figure which by his nature we may call the Rebound.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) v. ii. 103 I do feele By the rebound of yours, a greefe that suites My very heart at roote.

a1658 J. Cleveland Clievelandi Vindiciæ (1677) 169 She had return'd your Summons without perusal. Which rebound of your Letter..is the most compendious Answer to what you propound.

a1708 W. Beveridge Wks. (1846) VIII. 654 The report..I heard, by a second rebound from the prints which go about the country.

1763 Earl of March Let. 21 June in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1843) I. 235 My dinner is a rebound of one we had at Eglinton's.

1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. ix. iii. 37 Nature herself..is not more elastic in her rebound.

1853 F. D. Maurice Prophets & Kings Old Test. xvii. 292 The feeling would be all the stronger because it was a rebound from a state of depression and shame.

1894 ‘M. Twain’ Pudd'nhead Wilson xviii. 228 That effect was obliterated by a stronger one—one which..gave his crushed spirit a most grateful rebound.

1949 G. R. Stewart Earth Abides i. vi. 109 He felt a quick rebound of excitement, at opportunity re-granted, when he looked out in the early darkness.

1984 A. Livingstone Lou Andreas-Salomé xi. 171 She warned him that after so much uplift he was very likely to experience a reaction, a rebound.

b. spec. in the context of a romantic relationship (cf. Phrases b). Frequently attributive.

ΚΠ

1853 E. C. Gaskell Ruth III. iv. 129 He was very full now of the remembrance of Ruth... His first rebound to Jemima was occasioned by Mrs. Bradshaw's account.

1948 J. T. Landis & M. G. Landis Building Successful Marriage 181 The innocent mate in the rebound marriage is to be pitied.

1968 J. L. Baer Single Girl Goes to Town 117 Don't let yourself be the rebound girl. If you see he's not yet ready for remarriage, let the relationship cool off for a few months.

1977 A. Morice Murder in Mimicry i. ix. 91 Her passion for Gilbert was already on the wane... The rebound was in full swing.

2007 M. Lehman Whatever 52 Maybe it was an infatuation or a rebound romance.

c. Business and Finance. An increase in value or economic strength after a previous decline; a recovery.

ΚΠ

1859 Independent (N.Y.) 16 July 8/4 There has been a rebound in the London money market since the last advance in the Bank of England rate.

1893 Davenport (Iowa) Tribune 2 July When the market opened it was not in a panic at lower prices but on a rebound.

1932 Rev. Econ. Statistics 14 15/2 The December advance appears to have been merely a rebound after the excessive drop which followed the gold panic.

1975 U.S. News & World Rep. 8 Sept. 54/1 Despite its hopes, the housing industry seems destined for only a meager rebound.

2002 R. L. Florida Rise of Creative Class 253 Immigrants have fueled the rebound of older established regions like New York and Chicago.

3. In the context of light or sound: a reflection; a resonance, an echo. Also as a mass noun. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [noun] > reverberation or echo

echo1340

repercussion1554

rebound1567

reverberation1569

reverberating1576

answer1609

re-echoing1611

re-echo1613

replicationa1616

back-echo1626

echoinga1649

reboation1648

redounda1665

aftersound1807

verberation1825

reverb1875

anacampsis1879

liveness1931

post-echo1956

the world > matter > light > reflection > [noun]

reflectiona1398

reverberation?a1475

reflexity?c1500

reflex1508

repercussion1563

resultation1603

rebound1689

1567 G. Turberville tr. Ovid Heroycall Epist. 120^v The water glistred with rebounde of Phœbes rayes.

1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 81 The soundes woulde not be conueyed in so well, as they are in places that bend and giue backewarde, where they haue rebounds.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1217 The stroks..be heard a farre off,..by reason of the resonance and rebound.

1646 H. More Democritus Platonissans 5 And eke the hardy rocks with full rebounds Would faithfully return thy silver sounds.

1689 Bp. G. Burnet Tracts I. 93 The Rebound of the Sun-beams from the Mountains doth so increase the heats here.

1715 E. Barlow Meteorol. Ess. i. vi. 96 The Atmosphere's Gravitation grows more propense for want of his [sc. the Sun's] reverberated Rays to alleviate it by Rebound.

a1737 J. Hutchinson Glory or Gravity: 2nd Pt. (1738) 95 It is the Rebounds of this subtile Fluid, agitated from the Object to the Eye, which give the Sense of seeing.

1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama i. 4 With quick rebound of sound, All in accordant cry.

1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xl It's the merest chance i' the wordle that that shot didna rive my charter wi' the reboon o't!

1926 Theosophist 48 221 It was as if he had acquired..etheric vision, which enabled him to catch the rebound of light a few inches from the surface of things.

1985 D. Duane Deep Wizardry (1991) vi. 100 The roaring of the water..kept on growing, interfering with the rebound of the song-notes.

4. Medicine and Physiology. The reversal of a physiological or pathological process, esp. the recurrence of symptoms or disease after withdrawal of a therapeutic drug; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > types > [noun] > reaction

rebound1869

1869 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia (Biol. & Microsc. Dept.) 15 The action of the heart is at first markedly depressed, but this is followed by a rebound, the pulsations increasing in force and frequency.

1892 Lancet 9 July 82/1 The uric acid thus held back passes through the blood when the drug is left off, causing contracted arterioles, headache and scanty urine; in fact, a rebound, just such is met with after opium, mercury, iron, [etc.].

1948 Life June 92/3 (advt.) No danger of overalkalizing! No acid rebound! Get Tums today.

1980 Brain Res. 187 207 None of the neurones belonging to this second class spiked on rebound from hyperpolarization.

2004 Newsweek 9 Aug. 44/2 MAO inhibitors..essentially block REM sleep without any detectable effects, although people do get a ‘REM rebound’—extra REM—if they stop the medication.

a. Sport. A ball or shot that bounces back after striking a hard surface (a backboard, a goalpost, etc.), esp. after an attempt to score.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > [noun] > motion of ball

twist1857

rebound1894

top1901

overspin1904

stuff1905

undercut1920

top-twist-

1894 Times 13 Mar. 12/1 A second goal for the visitors was scored after a rebound.

1922 Athletic Jrnl. Dec. 45/1 Practice in taking shots from directly in front of the basket and at different angles will teach him what sorts of rebounds to look for.

1934 F. Hewitt Down Ice xi. 124 An assist cannot be credited to any player when a goal is scored from a rebound off a goal-keeper.

1974 E. Bowen Henry & Other Heroes v. 104 Freddie..stationed himself more or less permanently beneath our basket, where..he could retrieve rebounds.

1994 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 24 Apr. v. 1/4 The Devils' right winger controlled the rebound and skated toward the net.

2006 FIFA Mag. Oct. 48/1 Asra had saved a penalty taken by Sheka Nazeer, who then followed it up by knocking in the rebound.

b. Basketball. An instance of gaining possession of such a ball, frequently used statistically as a measure of performance.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > basketball > [noun] > actions

travelling1916

pivot1920

rebounding1926

dunking1935

goaltending1939

boxout1950

rebound1954

screen-and-roll1955

pick-and-roll1960

suicide1965

hang time1969

steal1974

1954 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gaz. 2 Mar. 17/1 He averaged 18.1 rebounds a game.

1969 Eugene (Oregon) Register-Guard 3 Dec. 1 d/3 ‘It was the board play that killed us,’ continued Belko, pointing to Wichita's 62–43 edge in rebounds.

1984 Toronto Star 28 Mar. b11/8 Jordan averaged 20 points and six rebounds a game for the Tar Heels since entering college.

2005 N.Y. Times 5 June viii. 2/4 This season..Wade has averaged 26 points, 6.8 assists and 6.1 rebounds.

6. Geology. The upward movement of an area of the earth's crust in response to a relief of pressure, esp. following the retreat of ice sheets. Also isostatic rebound.

ΚΠ

1920 O. Ulrich in Jrnl. Washington Acad. Sci. 10 59 I believe also that in deglaciation the land surface largely re-established itself by elastic, or rather, isostatic rebound to preceding relief.

1941 Geogr. Jrnl. 97 99 The terraces and raised beaches along the fjords of Spitsbergen were not level but warped, and therefore indicative probably of only local isostatic ‘rebound’ following the waning of the Inland and Highland Ice.

1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. i. 59 A great deal of reversal of the initial postglacial drainage has occurred, owing to the greater rebound in the northwest than in the southeast of Finland.

1991 R. S. K. Barnes & K. H. Mann Fund. Aquatic Ecol. (ed. 2) vi. 113/1 Postglacial isostatic adjustments (commonly known as glacial rebound) make it difficult to detect average changes in sea level.

2002 Hist. Scotl. Jan.–Feb. 15/1 These surveys ignore the localised effects of isostatic rebound (where the land rises after the removal of the weight of the overlying ice-sheet).

II. Other senses.

†7. Noise, din. Obsolete.In quot. 1457 apparently ‘rejoinder, reply’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [noun] > loud sound or noise

chirma800

dina1000

utas1202

noise?c1225

nurthc1225

dinninga1400

glama1400

glavera1400

reer?a1400

reirdc1400

dunch1440

steveningc1440

rebound1457

bruit?1473

alarm1489

yell1509

gild?a1513

shout?a1513

reveriea1522

routa1522

thundering1560

rumouringc1563

dinrie?1566

rear1567

fray1568

thunder-crack1595

thunder1600

fanfarea1605

fragor1605

clamour1606

thunder-clap1610

obstrepency1623

tonitruation1658

randana1661

clarion1667

leden1674

bluster1724

salvoa1734

ding1750

row1753

tonance1778

dunder1780

chang1788

blare1807

flare1815

detonation1830

trump1848

trumpeting1850

foghorn1875

yammer1932

1457 (a1400) Libeaus Desconus (Naples) (1969) 290 (MED) [a1500 Lamb. As they redyn by a lowe, Hornes herd they blowe] And houndis make rebound.

?c1500 Mary Magdalene (Digby) 1465 Who made the so hardy to make swych rebon?

8. A violent blow. In later use also figurative: a severe rebuke or reprimand. Now Scottish and rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > striking violently > a violent blow

lashc1330

birrc1400

dushc1400

swackc1425

reboundc1503

pash1611

slam1622

stoter1694

blizzard1829

dinger1845

c1503 Beuys of Southhamptowne (Pynson) 3515 Than rode..syr Terry To the kynges broder..And gaue to hym suche a rebowne That both he and his hors fel downe.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. xii. 50 With sik rebound and rewyne wonder sayr That he his lyfe hes sparpellit in the ayr.

1904 in N.E.D. at Rebound He got a great rebound for his carelessness.

Phrases

†a. With reference to the receipt or capture of a person or thing by an indirect route or at second hand, as to take (also accept, catch) at (a or the) rebound and variants. Now only as in Phrases b.

ΚΠ

1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande i. f. 3/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Here percase some snappish carper will take mee at rebounde.

1607 Dobsons Drie Bobbes xiii. 92 The opponent vrging an argument very captiously, was taken at the rebound.

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iii. xx. 142 S. Bernard, taking it rather from the rebound than first rise, chargeth them therewith.

1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides 118 If he doth but write them by the command of another, by speaking them after another, taking them upon rebound, that is not treason.

1739 W. Melmoth Fitzosborne Lett. (1763) 361 Either to seize upon their conclusions at once, or to take them by rebound from others.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison V. i. 8 I'll catch you, brother, I'll warrant (as rustics sometimes, in their play, do a ball) on the rebound.

1797 T. Holcroft Adventures Hugh Trevor IV. xiv. 205 Innovation struck the ball at first too impetuously: but Establishment took it at the rebound, and returned it with triple violence.

b. spec. In the context of a romantic relationship (cf. sense 2b), as to catch (a person or heart) on (also †in) the rebound: to become romantically involved with someone who has been rejected by another (and who is therefore regarded as susceptible to a new attachment). Hence on the rebound: in response to or after rejection by a lover.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [adverb] > on the rebound

on the rebound1830

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > proposal of marriage > [adverb] > period of reaction following refusal

on the rebound1830

1830 M. R. Mitford Our Village IV. 8 Nothing so easy as catching a heart on the rebound; especially such a heart as Master Stephen's.

1859 Harper's Mag. Aug. 341/1 Ellen Bond caught his heart ‘in the rebound’, as somebody says.

a1899 V. S. Lean Collectanea (1904) IV. 41 Many a heart is caught in the rebound, i.e. after a repulse by another.

1921 J. Galsworthy To Let iii. x. 290 The young man, Mont, had caught her on the rebound, of course, in the reckless mood of one whose ship has just gone down.

1931 H. Walpole Judith Paris iii. i. 428 She has but accepted him on the rebound from her trouble with Beaminster.

1938 Myst. Tales June 17 I married him on the rebound.

1969 ‘A. Glyn’ Dragon Variation ix. 283 Maybe the girl had had a fight with Carl, and had turned to Jeff on the rebound.

1986 K. Moore Moving House vi. 72 I had caught you on the rebound,..I would always be a second best and your heart would always be with Rollo.

2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Apr. 12/4 He..suddenly made up his mind to marry George Hyde-Lees on the rebound.

Compounds

C1. attributive or as adj. (in sense 4).

ΚΠ

1922 Lancet 11 Feb. 289/1 The voluntary effort may inhibit the red nucleus mechanism, and when the former is fatigued, the latter asserts itself by way of a rebound phenomenon.

1940 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 47 527 Relaxation following strained hyperextension at the metacarpophalangeal joints may produce rebound flexion at these joints.

1974 M. C. Gerald Pharmacol. vi. 115 The relief produced by the shrinkage of swollen nasal membranes is merely temporary and is followed by rebound congestion.

1993 Which? Feb. 28/2 Rebound constipation can follow as their bodies start to depend on laxatives to open their bowels.

2005 Runner's World Oct. 69/3 Most cereals have high GI values, which means they release their energy quickly, causing a rapid rise in blood sugar levels. This is not good before a run as it increases the risk of rebound hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar levels) during exercise.

C2.

rebound man n. Basketball = rebounder n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > basketball > [noun] > types of player

centre1893

guard1897

ball-handler1912

rebound man1922

rebounder1926

dunker1942

point1960

point guard1969

role-player1977

tweener1978

1922 W. E. Meanwell Basket Ball for Men vi. 61 The hook pass..permits the guard to reverse and present his back to the oncoming rebound man.

1955 Sun (Baltimore) 4 Feb. 15/1 He is an outstanding rebound man and the team's third leading scorer.

2002 Wilkes Barre (Pa.) Times Leader (Nexis) 2 May 10 a Tony Marconi had a good left hand hook shot, while Charlie Stuchkus excelled as a rebound man.

rebound tenderness n. Medicine pain elicited during physical examination when manual pressure on the abdomen is released, typical of appendicitis and other forms of peritonitis.

ΚΠ

1919 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 157 806 Rebound tenderness (Blumberg's sign of peritoneal irritation) was present.

1998 Harper's Mag. Aug. 77/2 She prods his abdomen and softly whispers these words: nausea, anorexia, rapid pulse rate, tenderness, no abdominal distension, hyperesthesia of the skin near McBurney's point, localized rebound tenderness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

reboundv.

Brit.

/rᵻˈbaʊnd/, U.S.

/ˈriˌbaʊnd/ (In sense 7 also)Brit.

/ˈriːbaʊnd/

Forms: Middle English rebonde, Middle English rebounde (past tense), Middle English rebunde, Middle English–1500s rebounde, Middle English–1500s rebownde, Middle English–1500s rebowne, Middle English– rebound, 1500s reboune; Scottish pre-1700 rebond, pre-1700 rebounde, pre-1700 rebownd, pre-1700 rebund, pre-1700 reibund, pre-1700 1700s– rebound, 1800s reboond.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French rebondir.

Etymology: < Middle French rebondir to resound, ring out (c1150 in Old French), to cause (something) to bounce back (c1393), (reflexive) to come forward (1480; French rebondir ) < re- re- prefix + bondir bound v.² In Middle English and early modern English frequently confused with redound v.; compare senses 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, and also discussion at redound v. In early use frequently used to translate classical Latin redundāre redound v.; compare senses 1a, 2a, 3a.

a. intransitive. Of an action, quality, etc., or its results: to come to bear on or upon (a person, esp. the originator). Formerly also with †into, †to or without preposition.Sometimes influenced by redound v. 6c.

ΚΠ

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Esther vii. 4 Now forsothe oure enemy is, whos cruelte reboundeth [L. redundat] in to the king.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Josh. ii. 19 Þe blood forsoþe of alle þat wiþ þe weryn in þe hous, shal rebounde [L. redundabit] into oure hed ȝif hem eny man toucheþ.

?c1400 J. Lydgate Æsop's Fab. v. 164 Where frawde is vsed, frawde mote rebounde.

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 2884 (MED) Þe schame..doth rebounde Vp-on alle þat ben of hir allye.

c1475 tr. C. de Pisan Livre du Corps de Policie (Cambr.) (1977) 104 (MED) And ther be any faulte in theim, the faulte shall rebounde to the prynce.

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. I That benefite rebounded onely to the myserable prysoners.

1651 W. Stanton To Memory deceased Author Mr. William Cartwright in W. Cartwright Lady-errant (front matter) Thou so praisest Him, thy Eulogy Still dwels on Him, and yet rebounds to Thee.

1660 G. Mackenzie Aretina 330 He makes the odium rebound upon themselves; malice being a ball, which, if thrown violently, bolts up presently upon the thrower.

1707 J. Norris Pract. Treat. Humility vi. 246 The respect that is shewn to those below us, rebounds upwards.

1788 E. Burke Speech against W. Hastings in Wks. (1822) XIII. 16 An evil example, that would rebound back on themselves.

1834 R. H. Horne Spirit Peers & People iii. i. 122 Your own wrath rebounds upon yourself.

1885 G. Meredith Diana of Crossways I. i. 4 She flashes bits of speech that catch men in their unguarded corner. The wary stuff their ears, the stolid bid her best sayings rebound on her reputation.

1911 H. N. Birt Benedictine Pioneers in Austral. 333 The calumnies..which would in the end meet their own refutation, and rebound upon the propagators.

1988 F. Tomlin T. S. Eliot 2 The consequences would ultimately rebound upon one's own head.

2003 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 24 Aug. v. 5/4 If you..can't develop a relationship with someone who knows your company, that will rebound on managers.

b. intransitive. To contribute to (a person's shame, honour, credit, etc.); = redound v. 4b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > fall to one

tide955

comeOE

fallc1225

reboundc1425

redound1460

recoil1577

to fall in a person's path (also road, etc.)1605

sort1622

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 5244 (MED) Of knyȝthod þe report & þe fame Þoruȝ-oute þe world reboundeþ to ȝour name.

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. 158 (MED) Þis vnhappi fame..reboundeth to oure alder shame!

a1500 (a1475) G. Ashby Dicta Philosophorum 76 in Poems (1899) 45 (MED) Worship euery man in his degre..So it shal rebounde to youre honour.

1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. b iij Vnto oure dishonowre all doeth rebowne. Seyinge that gone is the masse.

1547 A. Kelton Chronycle with Genealogie sig. c. vii Nothyng to touche, or matter to frame Whiche should rebounde, to your rebuke or shame.

1741 G. F. Secretary's Guide (new ed.) i. 12 Be double diligent in my Absence, that I may find all Things safe and well at my Return, and it will rebound to your Credit.

1837 tr. Marquis de Lafayette in Memoirs III. 138 Each suspicion has only produced examinations which have rebounded to your credit.

1925 T. Dreiser Amer. Trag. iii. xi. 613 His trial by him, Mason, was certain to rebound to his legal and political and social fame the country over.

1985 Times 10 June 2/6 The country has lost quite a bit of cohesion in the last few years, which will not rebound to her credit.

2007 Irish Independent (Nexis) 24 Aug. In bowing out he has done that rare thing in Irish politics, which will greatly rebound to his credit.

†2.

a. intransitive. To be plentiful, abound; = redound v. 2a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > return towards point of departure

repaira1325

returna1325

rebounda1382

redounda1382

recovera1393

to go backc1425

revertc1475

renew1488

reverse1542

retire1567

revolve1587

reciprocate1623

retrovert1639

to get back1664

recur1719

hoicks1762

boomerang1900

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. iii. 10 Thi bernes shul ben fulfild with fulnesse, and with win thi presses shul rebounden [a1425 L.V. schulen flowe; L. redundabunt].

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Esther x. 6 A litil welle, that grew in to a flod..and in to manye watris reboundide [a1425 L.V. turnede aȝen; L. redundavit].

a1425 (?a1400) Bk. Priue Counseling in P. Hodgson Cloud of Unknowing (1944) 140 (MED) Þi bernes scholen be fillid wiþ fulheed & þi grape stockes schul rebounde ful of wyne.

1616–17 in Misc. Sc. Hist. Soc. (1965) X. 116 O Lord, let the dew of thy grace discend upon our soules that they may become like a ground..rebounding in these fruits of righteousness.

b. intransitive. To result, arise from a source; = redound v. 8. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > result [verb (intransitive)]

followOE

sue?c1225

arisec1275

fallc1300

result?a1425

ensue1483

enfollow1485

issuea1500

rebounda1500

succeed1537

terminate1613

concludea1639

depend1655

eventuate1814

ultimatec1834

come1884

translate1919

a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 43 Thou knowest nat what spirituall wynnynge reboundith from thes temporall hurtes.

a1612 W. Fowler Tarantula of Love in Wks. (1914) I. 138 Therwithall the beautyes that rebound From her.

1662 J. Chandler tr. F. M. van Helmont in tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike Pref. to Rdr. sig. c Let the money rebounding from hence, be laid aside for the use of suppressing the Enemies.

a. intransitive. Of a material thing: to spring back from impact or release of pressure; to bounce back or in another direction; to be driven back forcibly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > rebound > [verb (intransitive)]

to pilt up againa1200

bolt?c1225

rebounda1398

redoundc1500

stot1513

to strike upward1530

band1580

recoil1591

bound1597

result1598

retort1599

resile1641

bandy1658

resiliate1755

ricochet1804

reverberate1817

kick1832

dap1851

bounce1887

bank1962

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 95 Som tyme it comeþ of stoppinge of þe ouere oþir þe..neþir holle of þe case of þe galle, and so Colera reboundid [L. redundat] to þe lyuour & infectiþ þe blood.

a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 261 (MED) Þe wynd þat comeþ of þe lungis reboundiþ aȝens þe palet & makiþ þe more soun.

?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 132, in Middle Eng. Dict. at Rebounden It happenþ gladlye to wymmen þat ben maydens, when her floures ben wiþ holden fro hem, when þe floures rebounden aȝeine to þe brestes.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 245 (MED) He droff hem a-wey discounfited, and made hem to rebounde vpon the warde of ffalsabres.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 680/1 I never sawe gonne stone skyppe on that facyon, it rebounded thrise one after an other.

1634 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise (new ed.) i. x. 33 A ball being strucken hard downe with your hand, reboundeth backe in the same line.

1693 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. vii. 21 Those few [atoms] that should happen to clash, might rebound after the collision.

1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. xxxvi. 276 My shot rebounded from his face like a wad of spun-yarn from the walls of a ship.

1782 Ann. Reg. 1780 Characters 16/1 It was absolutely necessary to make it rebound from two different parts of the cushion before it could pocket the other.

1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 148/2 A sounding-rod of iron..was dropped into it, which rebounding several feet, proved that the solid rock had been reached.

1856 D. Lardner Hand-bk. Mech. (1858) ii. iii. 76 If the elasticity of the body be imperfect, then the restoring force will have less intensity than the compressing force, and the body will rebound with less force.

1904 H. Adams Mont-Saint-Michel & Chartres ii. 24 Three times he struck with all his force against the rock; each time the sword rebounded without breaking.

1945 C. E. Balleisen Princ. Firearms v. 42 The breech rebounds from the backplate without loss of energy.

1987 Grimsby Evening Tel. 2 Dec. 19/2 Their skipper Kevin Wattam saw a shot rebound from the bar in the dying minutes.

2005 P. F. Hamilton Judas Unchained xvi. 803 Then she smacked into the docking bay wall and rebounded... It was strange she didn't feel any pain, that had been a nasty impact.

b. intransitive. In figurative contexts.

ΚΠ

c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 1756 (MED) Ne myrth is nat commendabill, þat ay is by o syde, But it rebound to the todir.

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 186 The question reboundeth backe agayne from whence it came first.

1647 A. Cowley Mistresse xxviii. iv When it does Hardness meet and Pride, My Love does then rebound t'another side.

1797 M. Robinson Walsingham III. lxx. 324 These tacit questions, originating in the just indignation of offended pride, rebounded on my heart, and bruised its aching fibres.

1867 L. M. Child Romance of Republic i. v. 62 The pressure of misfortune had been so heavy upon her, that, now it was lifted a little, her elastic spirit rebounded with a sudden spring.

1883 R. M. Ballantyne Madman & Pirate viii. 134 Dismay overwhelmed the pirate at first sight of it. Then hope rebounded into his soul.

1943 I. Heilbut Birds of Passage 83 The most powerful blows dealt to her [sc. France's] spirit rebounded from the armor her thinkers had forged for her for all time to come.

1988 C. Meine Aldo Leopold (1991) 510 Leopold's own enthusiasm rebounded after the initial disappointment.

2004 H. B. Braiker Who's pulling your Strings? ii. 11 Cindy's mood rebounded after Bob promised to hurry back to her as soon as the game was over.

†c. transitive. To cause (a thing) to bounce back; to cast or throw back; to return, repel (literal and figurative). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > rebound > cause to rebound [verb (transitive)]

reboundc1560

brick wall1596

rejerk1606

bricole1611

reflect1613

to beat back1715

bounce1876

tamp1971

c1560 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 200 (note) Christofer Rokeby, being assaulted..was able soe to have rebounded the blowes given him.

1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. A4 Defiance French man we rebound it backe.

1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 126 When Anthony charged Cicero,..Cicero rebounded the same accusation again to Antony.

1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 272 Now to rebound his love in thankfulness, she bestirs her self.

1713 R. Steele Spectator No. 423. ⁋6 They have the whole Woman between them, and can occasionally rebound her Love and Hatred from one to the other.

1803 J. Porter Thaddeus of Warsaw III. i. 20 His dignified composure rebounded their darts upon his insulters.

1865 S. Ferguson Forging of Anchor ii The leathern mail rebounds the hail.

d. intransitive. Business and Finance. To recover in value or economic strength after a decrease or decline. Cf. rebound n. 2c.

ΚΠ

1867 N.-Y. Times 27 Apr. 2/7 Two or three efforts have been made to break the market and to create a panic, but..as soon as the pressure was withdrawn, the market rebounded.

1895 Atlanta (Georgia) Constit. 10 May 6/3 The bulls are much elated at finding how easily prices rebound after each spell of dullness and depression.

1955 Times 9 Aug. 12/2 Equities rebounded sharply yesterday.

1980 Internat. Migration Rev. 18 315 This situation..will cause the oil exporters to be cautious in expanding their development plans even if oil prices rebound.

2003 Wall St. Jrnl. 20 Oct. c1/4 (table) Asian markets close with losses, but are expected to rebound the following day.

a. intransitive. Of light: to be reflected.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > reflection > [verb (intransitive)]

rebounda1398

glentc1400

reflect?a1439

reflamec1450

reverberate1598

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 120 Þat bischinynge þat reboundiþ aȝen is I-clepid lumen reflexioun.

c1450 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Linc. Cathedral 103) 92 (MED) Þe brightnes is not youre..but only it is þaire, As be a light reboundyng in þe ayre.

1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 42 The Sonne beames rebounding from th' earth.

1594 T. Blundeville Exercises iii. ii. iii. f. 179^v The lowest Region is hotte by the reflexe of the Sunne, whose beames first striking the earth, doe rebound backe againe to that Region.

1729 R. Savage Wanderer v. 99 From yon Range of Rocks, strong Rays rebound, Doubling the Day on flow'ry Plains around.

1798 H. C. Jennings Summary & Free Refl. Postscr. 6 The powerful Activity with which Light rebounds from its Surface.

1844 Mechanics' Mag. 1 June 355 More light rebounds or glances from bright substances than from dark ones.

1954 J. Griffin tr. J. Giono Horseman on Roof xi. 311 These broad expanses over which the light rebounded.

1986 M. C. Smith Stallion Gate 172 Some of the lights rebounded into a corona.

2005 C. Madison & V. Madison Living the Dream i. 6 We tried to find out how close they were with our powerful spotlight, but its beam rebounded off the mist and blinded us.

b. intransitive. Of sound: to echo, to reverberate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > resound [verb (intransitive)] > reverberate or echo > of sounds

rebounda1398

redounda1470

echo1563

reverberate1591

remurmur1699

verberate1767

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 272 Eek somme [read soune] þat reboundeþ of noyse is enemy to hem [sc. bees].

c1425 Myrour to Lewde Men & Wymmen (Harl.) (1981) 214 (MED) Ecco..is þe sound þat reboundeþ aȝen when a man spekeþ to an hye hulle.

1530 J. Rastell New Bk. Purgatory i. xvi. sig. b2^v Every man hereth the hole voyce, sown, or worde, & it reboundyth hole in every mannes erys.

?1556 (a1500) Knight of Curtesy (Copland) sig. B.iii ^v The noise of gonnes did rebounde.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 46 With playnts most pitiful to oure ears thus sadlye rebounding.

1646 R. Crashaw Sospetto d'Herode xxxviii, in Steps to Temple 63 A gen'rall hisse, from the whole Tire of snakes Rebounding, through Hells inmost Cavernes came.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis v, in tr. Virgil Wks. 333 Cries, Murmurs, Clamours, with a mixing Sound, From Woods to Woods, from Hills to Hills rebound.

a1711 T. Ken Preparatives for Death in Wks. (1721) IV. 51 More surprising Sound Will through the hollow Graves rebound.

1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 158 From stucco'd walls smart arguments rebound.

a1822 P. B. Shelley Homer's Hymn to Mercury lxxxvii, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 324 Far and wide rebounded The echo of his pipings.

1872 W. Murdoch Poems & Songs (ed. 2) 175 He..sang till echo, in reply, Rebounded back to Robin.

1938 K. G. W. Ludecke I knew Hitler 721 Shouts of laughter rebounded hollowly from the dank walls.

1974 J. Betjeman in Wk. Hist. Buildings Board Greater London Council 57 The street cries rebounding from pavements and walls.

2004 M. M. Kerr Furtwängler's Grave 14 Surreal echoes of the anguished cry rebounded from both ends of the service corridor.

†c. transitive. To reflect (light). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > reflection > [verb (transitive)]

rebounda1450

reflexc1536

reflect1555

return1557

repercuss1604

retort1609

refract1621

reverberate1638

to throw back1698

flash1716

to give back1831

glint1844

a1450 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) viii. xxix A merroure..and oþer glistering bodies reboundeþ aȝen þe schynynge that he fongeþ.

c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 40 (MED) He seeþ in þe glas, bi beemes reboundid aȝen to þe iȝe from þe leed of þe glas, his owen face.

1599 J. Davies Hymnes Astræa xv. 15 Rebound vpon thy selfe thy light, Enioy thine own sweet precious sight Giue us but some reflection.

1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme ii. xii. 95 The rayes falling upon the Retina..being rebounded thence upon the Vvea.

a1737 J. Hutchinson Glory or Gravity (1749) XI. 98 A Triangle from the Eye has the Plain of the Body from whence the Light was rebounded for Base.

†d. intransitive. Of a place: to re-echo, resound (with, of, to a sound). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > make abundant [verb (transitive)] > abound in or with

flourishc1380

to flow with (in, of)1382

redound1483

fleeta1500

swim1526

rebound1535

abound1591

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > resound [verb (intransitive)] > reverberate or echo > of places

rebound1535

re-echoa1599

rebellow1607

echoa1616

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) 29744 The trumpettis..beir gart all the bankis rebound.

1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Pref. sig. aj^v Hauens with echo seuen tymes reboundynge.

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 462 Made the mountaines..to rebounde againe of the sounde and ecco of their cries.

1633 W. Prynne Histrio-mastix i. vi. xii. 536 The Vilages and streets, yea the whole Citty rebound with the voyces of Singers.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 125 With hoarse Allarms the hollow Camp rebounds .

1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. viii. 16 With tumultuous sounds Of thronging multitudes the shore rebounds.

1788 T. Warton On H.M. Birth-day ii Where the long roofs rebounded to the din Of spectre chiefs, who feasted far within.

?1800 J. Wells Hymns xlviii. 42 Seraphs tune the Lyre, And Heav'n rebounds with praise.

1856 Afr. Repository July 217 The streets of Monrovia rebounded with the fife and drum of the recruiting sergeant.

e. transitive. To re-echo, return (a sound). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > resound [verb (transitive)] > reverberate or echo

answera1425

redoublea1542

rebound1555

return1557

reply1565

report1589

re-echo1595

repercuss?a1597

render1598

reverberate1603

respeak1604

reverb1608

retort1609

reword1609

revoice1610

refract1621

to give back1889

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. ii. f. 96^v The wooddes and montaynes..rebounded [L. reboabant] the noyse of the horryble crye.

1591 E. Spenser Teares of Muses in Complaints 22 The hollow hills..Were wont redoubled Echoes to rebound.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. i. 30 They reckoned their Foes by the increase of the Noise rebounded unto them.

1712 A. Pope tr. Statius First Bk. Thebais in Misc. Poems 15 The dreadful Signal all the Rocks rebound.

1751 G. Lavington Enthusiasm Methodists & Papists: Pt. III Pref. p. xxii I have little more Honour than that of being an Echo, rebounding your own Words.

1813 T. Busby tr. Lucretius Nature of Things I. ii. 370 Loud to the neighbouring hills the clamours rise, The neighbouring hills rebound them to the skies.

1863 H. Gilpin Misc. Poems 137 Again the war-cry loudly sounded, The mountains murmuring back the call, And glens that well-known shout rebounded.

1978 Spectator (New Canaan High School, Connecticut) 43 Graying tiles insulate the walls, rebound the sound and belch it up to the street.

†f. transitive. To send out (praise); to exalt or celebrate (a thing) with an echoing sound. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > resound [verb (transitive)] > reverberate or echo > send out or exalt with

rebound?1567

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > making famous > make famous or celebrate [verb (transitive)] > by re-echoing sound

rebound?1567

?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter lxxxi. 235 Open..the mouthes of vs thy suppliants to rebounde out the prayse of thy glorious maiesty.

1598 B. Yong tr. G. Polo Enamoured Diana in tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 444 They shall rebound His famous name..Vnto the highest spheares.

1647 J. Hall Poems ii. 101 His throne,..whom your plumy pipes rebound.

†5. intransitive. To bound or leap. Also figurative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > leap, spring, or jump [verb (intransitive)] > in response to some force

reboundc1400

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 422 (MED) Þe arc..flote forthe wyth þe flyt of þe felle wyndez; Whederwarde so þe water wafte, hit rebounde.

c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 174 Als sone as he come þare, Aȝaynus him rebowndet þe bare.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. vii. 91 [The top] smyttin wyth the tawis dois rebound.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 7 Sometimes the surges or Sea-flashes doe rebound top-gallant height.

1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xxiii. 86 By means of a bellows..the water rebounded up so high, that..it fell as small as dew.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 788 At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds .

1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xv. 162 Along the court the fiery steeds rebound.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xiii. 741 The heart Rebounded of Pisander, full of hope.

6. intransitive. To return, move back (without impact). rare.

ΚΠ

1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid vii. Prol. 112 I..slepit sownd Quhill the orizont wpwart gan rebound.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. II. 213 The stone which had been laboriously rolled to the summit of the hill was trembling on the brink, and in a moment might rebound into the plain.

1993 K. S. Robinson Green Mars (new ed.) 118 Perhaps the melting of the northern polar cap was causing the lithosphere there to rebound upward, setting off lots of small marsquakes.

7. intransitive. Basketball. To gain possession of a rebound (rebound n. 5b). Also transitive.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > basketball > play basketball [verb (intransitive)] > catch rebound

rebound1926

1926 J. C. Ruby How to coach & play Basketball xvi. 178 It is his duty to aid the guards, recover the defensive rebounds, aid the forwards in offense, and rebound offensively.

1931 Chicago Tribune 11 Feb. ii. 25/7 His five field goals came mainly from his ability to rebound.

1954 Sun (Baltimore) 20 Dec. b18/2 Pollard is the best balanced basketball player I have ever seen;..he can rebound with the best big men in the business.

1986 D. Shields Dead Lang. (1990) x. 87 Each starter had his own specialty. One rebounded mightily. Another dribbled well. Someone else passed beautifully.

2003 S. Alexie Ten Little Indians 220 At first, she practiced shots while he rebounded her makes and misses and passed the ball back to her.

Derivatives

† reboundable adj. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > rebound > [adjective] > capable of

reflexive1588

reboundable1685

reverberative1716

1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. III. 244 Our reasons.., our arguments and controversies are reboundable upon us.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rebound
释义	reboundn.adj. Brit. /ˈriːbaʊnd/, U.S. /ˈriˌbaʊnd/ Forms: late Middle English rebon, late Middle English repon, late Middle English repone, late Middle English– rebound, 1500s rebounde, 1500s rebowne; Scottish pre-1700 rebund, pre-1700 1800s– rebound, 1800s reboon, 1800s reboond, 1800s– reboun'. Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly formed within English, by conversion. Probably partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: rebound v.; French rebound, rebont. Etymology: Probably partly < rebound v., and partly < Anglo-Norman rebound (end of the 13th cent.; also as rebounde ) and Middle French rebont act of rebounding (second half of the 15th cent.; 1414 denoting the octave of a festival; French rebond (1583 in Middle French)) < rebondir rebound v. I. The action of bouncing back. 1. The action of rebounding; the springing or bouncing back of an object after impact or release of pressure; an instance of this. Also: the ability to do this; resilience. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > rebound > [noun] reboundinga1382 reverberationc1405 rebound1440 stot1513 repercussion1553 recoil1583 resilience1626 reflection1642 refraction1653 resilition1654 backstroke1674 retro-spring1716 ricochet1740 dap1835 bounce1884 spring-back1899 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 430 Repone [?a1475 Winch. Repon] of a balle or oþer lyke, repulsa, repulus. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 261/1 Rebounde of a ball, bond. 1591 J. Florio Second Frutes 25 You stroke it [sc. a ball] at the second rebound. 1596 W. Raleigh Discoverie Guiana (new ed.) 67 The rebound of water made it seeme, as if it had beene all couered ouer with a great shower of rayne. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 398 They play Balls with Rackets, bringing their Steeds to observe the Rebound. 1732 T. Lediard tr. J. Terrasson Life Sethos II. vii. 55 His head..made three rebounds upon the scaffold. 1814 Ld. Byron Ode to Napoleon vi He who of old would rend the oak, Dream'd not of the rebound. 1831 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal I. 241 An elastic rabbet or spring pole to give a rebound to the hammer. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. xvii. 195 If you pinched the topmost spray, there was no rebound or firmness. 1917 R. Moldenke Princ. Iron Founding vi. 131 The Shore Scleroscope..measures the rebound of a ball of hardened steel after it strikes the surface to be examined. 1945 C. E. Balleisen Princ. Firearms vi. 57 Velocity imparted by the rebound from the backplate. 2003 O. Shine Lang. Tennis 49 A racquet is said to be forgiving if it..produces less unpredictability in the direction of the ball's rebound. 2. a. In various extended and figurative uses. ΚΠ 1534 J. Heywood Play of Loue sig. Bi^v He who in louyng hath lot to suche lucke..Shalbe of power euyn as easely to plucke The mone in a momet with a fynger to grounde As of his ioy to enclose the rebounde. 1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde sig. A.viii Throw no gyft agayne at the gyuers hed... If thou do the rebounde may be so red, That the red bloud, may run downe in thy necke. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 173 Ye haue another figure which by his nature we may call the Rebound. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) v. ii. 103 I do feele By the rebound of yours, a greefe that suites My very heart at roote. View more context for this quotation a1658 J. Cleveland Clievelandi Vindiciæ (1677) 169 She had return'd your Summons without perusal. Which rebound of your Letter..is the most compendious Answer to what you propound. a1708 W. Beveridge Wks. (1846) VIII. 654 The report..I heard, by a second rebound from the prints which go about the country. 1763 Earl of March Let. 21 June in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1843) I. 235 My dinner is a rebound of one we had at Eglinton's. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. ix. iii. 37 Nature herself..is not more elastic in her rebound. 1853 F. D. Maurice Prophets & Kings Old Test. xvii. 292 The feeling would be all the stronger because it was a rebound from a state of depression and shame. 1894 ‘M. Twain’ Pudd'nhead Wilson xviii. 228 That effect was obliterated by a stronger one—one which..gave his crushed spirit a most grateful rebound. 1949 G. R. Stewart Earth Abides i. vi. 109 He felt a quick rebound of excitement, at opportunity re-granted, when he looked out in the early darkness. 1984 A. Livingstone Lou Andreas-Salomé xi. 171 She warned him that after so much uplift he was very likely to experience a reaction, a rebound. b. spec. in the context of a romantic relationship (cf. Phrases b). Frequently attributive. ΚΠ 1853 E. C. Gaskell Ruth III. iv. 129 He was very full now of the remembrance of Ruth... His first rebound to Jemima was occasioned by Mrs. Bradshaw's account. 1948 J. T. Landis & M. G. Landis Building Successful Marriage 181 The innocent mate in the rebound marriage is to be pitied. 1968 J. L. Baer Single Girl Goes to Town 117 Don't let yourself be the rebound girl. If you see he's not yet ready for remarriage, let the relationship cool off for a few months. 1977 A. Morice Murder in Mimicry i. ix. 91 Her passion for Gilbert was already on the wane... The rebound was in full swing. 2007 M. Lehman Whatever 52 Maybe it was an infatuation or a rebound romance. c. Business and Finance. An increase in value or economic strength after a previous decline; a recovery. ΚΠ 1859 Independent (N.Y.) 16 July 8/4 There has been a rebound in the London money market since the last advance in the Bank of England rate. 1893 Davenport (Iowa) Tribune 2 July When the market opened it was not in a panic at lower prices but on a rebound. 1932 Rev. Econ. Statistics 14 15/2 The December advance appears to have been merely a rebound after the excessive drop which followed the gold panic. 1975 U.S. News & World Rep. 8 Sept. 54/1 Despite its hopes, the housing industry seems destined for only a meager rebound. 2002 R. L. Florida Rise of Creative Class 253 Immigrants have fueled the rebound of older established regions like New York and Chicago. 3. In the context of light or sound: a reflection; a resonance, an echo. Also as a mass noun. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [noun] > reverberation or echo echo1340 repercussion1554 rebound1567 reverberation1569 reverberating1576 answer1609 re-echoing1611 re-echo1613 replicationa1616 back-echo1626 echoinga1649 reboation1648 redounda1665 aftersound1807 verberation1825 reverb1875 anacampsis1879 liveness1931 post-echo1956 the world > matter > light > reflection > [noun] reflectiona1398 reverberation?a1475 reflexity?c1500 reflex1508 repercussion1563 resultation1603 rebound1689 1567 G. Turberville tr. Ovid Heroycall Epist. 120^v The water glistred with rebounde of Phœbes rayes. 1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 81 The soundes woulde not be conueyed in so well, as they are in places that bend and giue backewarde, where they haue rebounds. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1217 The stroks..be heard a farre off,..by reason of the resonance and rebound. 1646 H. More Democritus Platonissans 5 And eke the hardy rocks with full rebounds Would faithfully return thy silver sounds. 1689 Bp. G. Burnet Tracts I. 93 The Rebound of the Sun-beams from the Mountains doth so increase the heats here. 1715 E. Barlow Meteorol. Ess. i. vi. 96 The Atmosphere's Gravitation grows more propense for want of his [sc. the Sun's] reverberated Rays to alleviate it by Rebound. a1737 J. Hutchinson Glory or Gravity: 2nd Pt. (1738) 95 It is the Rebounds of this subtile Fluid, agitated from the Object to the Eye, which give the Sense of seeing. 1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama i. 4 With quick rebound of sound, All in accordant cry. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xl It's the merest chance i' the wordle that that shot didna rive my charter wi' the reboon o't! 1926 Theosophist 48 221 It was as if he had acquired..etheric vision, which enabled him to catch the rebound of light a few inches from the surface of things. 1985 D. Duane Deep Wizardry (1991) vi. 100 The roaring of the water..kept on growing, interfering with the rebound of the song-notes. 4. Medicine and Physiology. The reversal of a physiological or pathological process, esp. the recurrence of symptoms or disease after withdrawal of a therapeutic drug; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > types > [noun] > reaction rebound1869 1869 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia (Biol. & Microsc. Dept.) 15 The action of the heart is at first markedly depressed, but this is followed by a rebound, the pulsations increasing in force and frequency. 1892 Lancet 9 July 82/1 The uric acid thus held back passes through the blood when the drug is left off, causing contracted arterioles, headache and scanty urine; in fact, a rebound, just such is met with after opium, mercury, iron, [etc.]. 1948 Life June 92/3 (advt.) No danger of overalkalizing! No acid rebound! Get Tums today. 1980 Brain Res. 187 207 None of the neurones belonging to this second class spiked on rebound from hyperpolarization. 2004 Newsweek 9 Aug. 44/2 MAO inhibitors..essentially block REM sleep without any detectable effects, although people do get a ‘REM rebound’—extra REM—if they stop the medication. 5. a. Sport. A ball or shot that bounces back after striking a hard surface (a backboard, a goalpost, etc.), esp. after an attempt to score. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > [noun] > motion of ball twist1857 rebound1894 top1901 overspin1904 stuff1905 undercut1920 top-twist- 1894 Times 13 Mar. 12/1 A second goal for the visitors was scored after a rebound. 1922 Athletic Jrnl. Dec. 45/1 Practice in taking shots from directly in front of the basket and at different angles will teach him what sorts of rebounds to look for. 1934 F. Hewitt Down Ice xi. 124 An assist cannot be credited to any player when a goal is scored from a rebound off a goal-keeper. 1974 E. Bowen Henry & Other Heroes v. 104 Freddie..stationed himself more or less permanently beneath our basket, where..he could retrieve rebounds. 1994 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 24 Apr. v. 1/4 The Devils' right winger controlled the rebound and skated toward the net. 2006 FIFA Mag. Oct. 48/1 Asra had saved a penalty taken by Sheka Nazeer, who then followed it up by knocking in the rebound. b. Basketball. An instance of gaining possession of such a ball, frequently used statistically as a measure of performance. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > basketball > [noun] > actions travelling1916 pivot1920 rebounding1926 dunking1935 goaltending1939 boxout1950 rebound1954 screen-and-roll1955 pick-and-roll1960 suicide1965 hang time1969 steal1974 1954 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gaz. 2 Mar. 17/1 He averaged 18.1 rebounds a game. 1969 Eugene (Oregon) Register-Guard 3 Dec. 1 d/3 ‘It was the board play that killed us,’ continued Belko, pointing to Wichita's 62–43 edge in rebounds. 1984 Toronto Star 28 Mar. b11/8 Jordan averaged 20 points and six rebounds a game for the Tar Heels since entering college. 2005 N.Y. Times 5 June viii. 2/4 This season..Wade has averaged 26 points, 6.8 assists and 6.1 rebounds. 6. Geology. The upward movement of an area of the earth's crust in response to a relief of pressure, esp. following the retreat of ice sheets. Also isostatic rebound. ΚΠ 1920 O. Ulrich in Jrnl. Washington Acad. Sci. 10 59 I believe also that in deglaciation the land surface largely re-established itself by elastic, or rather, isostatic rebound to preceding relief. 1941 Geogr. Jrnl. 97 99 The terraces and raised beaches along the fjords of Spitsbergen were not level but warped, and therefore indicative probably of only local isostatic ‘rebound’ following the waning of the Inland and Highland Ice. 1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. i. 59 A great deal of reversal of the initial postglacial drainage has occurred, owing to the greater rebound in the northwest than in the southeast of Finland. 1991 R. S. K. Barnes & K. H. Mann Fund. Aquatic Ecol. (ed. 2) vi. 113/1 Postglacial isostatic adjustments (commonly known as glacial rebound) make it difficult to detect average changes in sea level. 2002 Hist. Scotl. Jan.–Feb. 15/1 These surveys ignore the localised effects of isostatic rebound (where the land rises after the removal of the weight of the overlying ice-sheet). II. Other senses. †7. Noise, din. Obsolete.In quot. 1457 apparently ‘rejoinder, reply’. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [noun] > loud sound or noise chirma800 dina1000 utas1202 noise?c1225 nurthc1225 dinninga1400 glama1400 glavera1400 reer?a1400 reirdc1400 dunch1440 steveningc1440 rebound1457 bruit?1473 alarm1489 yell1509 gild?a1513 shout?a1513 reveriea1522 routa1522 thundering1560 rumouringc1563 dinrie?1566 rear1567 fray1568 thunder-crack1595 thunder1600 fanfarea1605 fragor1605 clamour1606 thunder-clap1610 obstrepency1623 tonitruation1658 randana1661 clarion1667 leden1674 bluster1724 salvoa1734 ding1750 row1753 tonance1778 dunder1780 chang1788 blare1807 flare1815 detonation1830 trump1848 trumpeting1850 foghorn1875 yammer1932 1457 (a1400) Libeaus Desconus (Naples) (1969) 290 (MED) [a1500 Lamb. As they redyn by a lowe, Hornes herd they blowe] And houndis make rebound. ?c1500 Mary Magdalene (Digby) 1465 Who made the so hardy to make swych rebon? 8. A violent blow. In later use also figurative: a severe rebuke or reprimand. Now Scottish and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > striking violently > a violent blow lashc1330 birrc1400 dushc1400 swackc1425 reboundc1503 pash1611 slam1622 stoter1694 blizzard1829 dinger1845 c1503 Beuys of Southhamptowne (Pynson) 3515 Than rode..syr Terry To the kynges broder..And gaue to hym suche a rebowne That both he and his hors fel downe. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. xii. 50 With sik rebound and rewyne wonder sayr That he his lyfe hes sparpellit in the ayr. 1904 in N.E.D. at Rebound He got a great rebound for his carelessness. Phrases †a. With reference to the receipt or capture of a person or thing by an indirect route or at second hand, as to take (also accept, catch) at (a or the) rebound and variants. Now only as in Phrases b. ΚΠ 1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande i. f. 3/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Here percase some snappish carper will take mee at rebounde. 1607 Dobsons Drie Bobbes xiii. 92 The opponent vrging an argument very captiously, was taken at the rebound. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iii. xx. 142 S. Bernard, taking it rather from the rebound than first rise, chargeth them therewith. 1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides 118 If he doth but write them by the command of another, by speaking them after another, taking them upon rebound, that is not treason. 1739 W. Melmoth Fitzosborne Lett. (1763) 361 Either to seize upon their conclusions at once, or to take them by rebound from others. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison V. i. 8 I'll catch you, brother, I'll warrant (as rustics sometimes, in their play, do a ball) on the rebound. 1797 T. Holcroft Adventures Hugh Trevor IV. xiv. 205 Innovation struck the ball at first too impetuously: but Establishment took it at the rebound, and returned it with triple violence. b. spec. In the context of a romantic relationship (cf. sense 2b), as to catch (a person or heart) on (also †in) the rebound: to become romantically involved with someone who has been rejected by another (and who is therefore regarded as susceptible to a new attachment). Hence on the rebound: in response to or after rejection by a lover. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [adverb] > on the rebound on the rebound1830 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > proposal of marriage > [adverb] > period of reaction following refusal on the rebound1830 1830 M. R. Mitford Our Village IV. 8 Nothing so easy as catching a heart on the rebound; especially such a heart as Master Stephen's. 1859 Harper's Mag. Aug. 341/1 Ellen Bond caught his heart ‘in the rebound’, as somebody says. a1899 V. S. Lean Collectanea (1904) IV. 41 Many a heart is caught in the rebound, i.e. after a repulse by another. 1921 J. Galsworthy To Let iii. x. 290 The young man, Mont, had caught her on the rebound, of course, in the reckless mood of one whose ship has just gone down. 1931 H. Walpole Judith Paris iii. i. 428 She has but accepted him on the rebound from her trouble with Beaminster. 1938 Myst. Tales June 17 I married him on the rebound. 1969 ‘A. Glyn’ Dragon Variation ix. 283 Maybe the girl had had a fight with Carl, and had turned to Jeff on the rebound. 1986 K. Moore Moving House vi. 72 I had caught you on the rebound,..I would always be a second best and your heart would always be with Rollo. 2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Apr. 12/4 He..suddenly made up his mind to marry George Hyde-Lees on the rebound. Compounds C1. attributive or as adj. (in sense 4). ΚΠ 1922 Lancet 11 Feb. 289/1 The voluntary effort may inhibit the red nucleus mechanism, and when the former is fatigued, the latter asserts itself by way of a rebound phenomenon. 1940 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 47 527 Relaxation following strained hyperextension at the metacarpophalangeal joints may produce rebound flexion at these joints. 1974 M. C. Gerald Pharmacol. vi. 115 The relief produced by the shrinkage of swollen nasal membranes is merely temporary and is followed by rebound congestion. 1993 Which? Feb. 28/2 Rebound constipation can follow as their bodies start to depend on laxatives to open their bowels. 2005 Runner's World Oct. 69/3 Most cereals have high GI values, which means they release their energy quickly, causing a rapid rise in blood sugar levels. This is not good before a run as it increases the risk of rebound hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar levels) during exercise. C2. rebound man n. Basketball = rebounder n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > basketball > [noun] > types of player centre1893 guard1897 ball-handler1912 rebound man1922 rebounder1926 dunker1942 point1960 point guard1969 role-player1977 tweener1978 1922 W. E. Meanwell Basket Ball for Men vi. 61 The hook pass..permits the guard to reverse and present his back to the oncoming rebound man. 1955 Sun (Baltimore) 4 Feb. 15/1 He is an outstanding rebound man and the team's third leading scorer. 2002 Wilkes Barre (Pa.) Times Leader (Nexis) 2 May 10 a Tony Marconi had a good left hand hook shot, while Charlie Stuchkus excelled as a rebound man. rebound tenderness n. Medicine pain elicited during physical examination when manual pressure on the abdomen is released, typical of appendicitis and other forms of peritonitis. ΚΠ 1919 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 157 806 Rebound tenderness (Blumberg's sign of peritoneal irritation) was present. 1998 Harper's Mag. Aug. 77/2 She prods his abdomen and softly whispers these words: nausea, anorexia, rapid pulse rate, tenderness, no abdominal distension, hyperesthesia of the skin near McBurney's point, localized rebound tenderness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). reboundv. Brit. /rᵻˈbaʊnd/, U.S. /ˈriˌbaʊnd/ (In sense 7 also)Brit. /ˈriːbaʊnd/ Forms: Middle English rebonde, Middle English rebounde (past tense), Middle English rebunde, Middle English–1500s rebounde, Middle English–1500s rebownde, Middle English–1500s rebowne, Middle English– rebound, 1500s reboune; Scottish pre-1700 rebond, pre-1700 rebounde, pre-1700 rebownd, pre-1700 rebund, pre-1700 reibund, pre-1700 1700s– rebound, 1800s reboond. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French rebondir. Etymology: < Middle French rebondir to resound, ring out (c1150 in Old French), to cause (something) to bounce back (c1393), (reflexive) to come forward (1480; French rebondir ) < re- re- prefix + bondir bound v.² In Middle English and early modern English frequently confused with redound v.; compare senses 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, and also discussion at redound v. In early use frequently used to translate classical Latin redundāre redound v.; compare senses 1a, 2a, 3a. 1. a. intransitive. Of an action, quality, etc., or its results: to come to bear on or upon (a person, esp. the originator). Formerly also with †into, †to or without preposition.Sometimes influenced by redound v. 6c. ΚΠ a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Esther vii. 4 Now forsothe oure enemy is, whos cruelte reboundeth [L. redundat] in to the king. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Josh. ii. 19 Þe blood forsoþe of alle þat wiþ þe weryn in þe hous, shal rebounde [L. redundabit] into oure hed ȝif hem eny man toucheþ. ?c1400 J. Lydgate Æsop's Fab. v. 164 Where frawde is vsed, frawde mote rebounde. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 2884 (MED) Þe schame..doth rebounde Vp-on alle þat ben of hir allye. c1475 tr. C. de Pisan Livre du Corps de Policie (Cambr.) (1977) 104 (MED) And ther be any faulte in theim, the faulte shall rebounde to the prynce. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. I That benefite rebounded onely to the myserable prysoners. 1651 W. Stanton To Memory deceased Author Mr. William Cartwright in W. Cartwright Lady-errant (front matter) Thou so praisest Him, thy Eulogy Still dwels on Him, and yet rebounds to Thee. 1660 G. Mackenzie Aretina 330 He makes the odium rebound upon themselves; malice being a ball, which, if thrown violently, bolts up presently upon the thrower. 1707 J. Norris Pract. Treat. Humility vi. 246 The respect that is shewn to those below us, rebounds upwards. 1788 E. Burke Speech against W. Hastings in Wks. (1822) XIII. 16 An evil example, that would rebound back on themselves. 1834 R. H. Horne Spirit Peers & People iii. i. 122 Your own wrath rebounds upon yourself. 1885 G. Meredith Diana of Crossways I. i. 4 She flashes bits of speech that catch men in their unguarded corner. The wary stuff their ears, the stolid bid her best sayings rebound on her reputation. 1911 H. N. Birt Benedictine Pioneers in Austral. 333 The calumnies..which would in the end meet their own refutation, and rebound upon the propagators. 1988 F. Tomlin T. S. Eliot 2 The consequences would ultimately rebound upon one's own head. 2003 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 24 Aug. v. 5/4 If you..can't develop a relationship with someone who knows your company, that will rebound on managers. b. intransitive. To contribute to (a person's shame, honour, credit, etc.); = redound v. 4b. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > fall to one tide955 comeOE fallc1225 reboundc1425 redound1460 recoil1577 to fall in a person's path (also road, etc.)1605 sort1622 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 5244 (MED) Of knyȝthod þe report & þe fame Þoruȝ-oute þe world reboundeþ to ȝour name. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. 158 (MED) Þis vnhappi fame..reboundeth to oure alder shame! a1500 (a1475) G. Ashby Dicta Philosophorum 76 in Poems (1899) 45 (MED) Worship euery man in his degre..So it shal rebounde to youre honour. 1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. b iij Vnto oure dishonowre all doeth rebowne. Seyinge that gone is the masse. 1547 A. Kelton Chronycle with Genealogie sig. c. vii Nothyng to touche, or matter to frame Whiche should rebounde, to your rebuke or shame. 1741 G. F. Secretary's Guide (new ed.) i. 12 Be double diligent in my Absence, that I may find all Things safe and well at my Return, and it will rebound to your Credit. 1837 tr. Marquis de Lafayette in Memoirs III. 138 Each suspicion has only produced examinations which have rebounded to your credit. 1925 T. Dreiser Amer. Trag. iii. xi. 613 His trial by him, Mason, was certain to rebound to his legal and political and social fame the country over. 1985 Times 10 June 2/6 The country has lost quite a bit of cohesion in the last few years, which will not rebound to her credit. 2007 Irish Independent (Nexis) 24 Aug. In bowing out he has done that rare thing in Irish politics, which will greatly rebound to his credit. †2. a. intransitive. To be plentiful, abound; = redound v. 2a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > return towards point of departure repaira1325 returna1325 rebounda1382 redounda1382 recovera1393 to go backc1425 revertc1475 renew1488 reverse1542 retire1567 revolve1587 reciprocate1623 retrovert1639 to get back1664 recur1719 hoicks1762 boomerang1900 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. iii. 10 Thi bernes shul ben fulfild with fulnesse, and with win thi presses shul rebounden [a1425 L.V. schulen flowe; L. redundabunt]. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Esther x. 6 A litil welle, that grew in to a flod..and in to manye watris reboundide [a1425 L.V. turnede aȝen; L. redundavit]. a1425 (?a1400) Bk. Priue Counseling in P. Hodgson Cloud of Unknowing (1944) 140 (MED) Þi bernes scholen be fillid wiþ fulheed & þi grape stockes schul rebounde ful of wyne. 1616–17 in Misc. Sc. Hist. Soc. (1965) X. 116 O Lord, let the dew of thy grace discend upon our soules that they may become like a ground..rebounding in these fruits of righteousness. b. intransitive. To result, arise from a source; = redound v. 8. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > result [verb (intransitive)] followOE sue?c1225 arisec1275 fallc1300 result?a1425 ensue1483 enfollow1485 issuea1500 rebounda1500 succeed1537 terminate1613 concludea1639 depend1655 eventuate1814 ultimatec1834 come1884 translate1919 a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 43 Thou knowest nat what spirituall wynnynge reboundith from thes temporall hurtes. a1612 W. Fowler Tarantula of Love in Wks. (1914) I. 138 Therwithall the beautyes that rebound From her. 1662 J. Chandler tr. F. M. van Helmont in tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike Pref. to Rdr. sig. c Let the money rebounding from hence, be laid aside for the use of suppressing the Enemies. 3. a. intransitive. Of a material thing: to spring back from impact or release of pressure; to bounce back or in another direction; to be driven back forcibly. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > rebound > [verb (intransitive)] to pilt up againa1200 bolt?c1225 rebounda1398 redoundc1500 stot1513 to strike upward1530 band1580 recoil1591 bound1597 result1598 retort1599 resile1641 bandy1658 resiliate1755 ricochet1804 reverberate1817 kick1832 dap1851 bounce1887 bank1962 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 95 Som tyme it comeþ of stoppinge of þe ouere oþir þe..neþir holle of þe case of þe galle, and so Colera reboundid [L. redundat] to þe lyuour & infectiþ þe blood. a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 261 (MED) Þe wynd þat comeþ of þe lungis reboundiþ aȝens þe palet & makiþ þe more soun. ?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 132, in Middle Eng. Dict. at Rebounden It happenþ gladlye to wymmen þat ben maydens, when her floures ben wiþ holden fro hem, when þe floures rebounden aȝeine to þe brestes. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 245 (MED) He droff hem a-wey discounfited, and made hem to rebounde vpon the warde of ffalsabres. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 680/1 I never sawe gonne stone skyppe on that facyon, it rebounded thrise one after an other. 1634 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise (new ed.) i. x. 33 A ball being strucken hard downe with your hand, reboundeth backe in the same line. 1693 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. vii. 21 Those few [atoms] that should happen to clash, might rebound after the collision. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. xxxvi. 276 My shot rebounded from his face like a wad of spun-yarn from the walls of a ship. 1782 Ann. Reg. 1780 Characters 16/1 It was absolutely necessary to make it rebound from two different parts of the cushion before it could pocket the other. 1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 148/2 A sounding-rod of iron..was dropped into it, which rebounding several feet, proved that the solid rock had been reached. 1856 D. Lardner Hand-bk. Mech. (1858) ii. iii. 76 If the elasticity of the body be imperfect, then the restoring force will have less intensity than the compressing force, and the body will rebound with less force. 1904 H. Adams Mont-Saint-Michel & Chartres ii. 24 Three times he struck with all his force against the rock; each time the sword rebounded without breaking. 1945 C. E. Balleisen Princ. Firearms v. 42 The breech rebounds from the backplate without loss of energy. 1987 Grimsby Evening Tel. 2 Dec. 19/2 Their skipper Kevin Wattam saw a shot rebound from the bar in the dying minutes. 2005 P. F. Hamilton Judas Unchained xvi. 803 Then she smacked into the docking bay wall and rebounded... It was strange she didn't feel any pain, that had been a nasty impact. b. intransitive. In figurative contexts. ΚΠ c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 1756 (MED) Ne myrth is nat commendabill, þat ay is by o syde, But it rebound to the todir. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 186 The question reboundeth backe agayne from whence it came first. 1647 A. Cowley Mistresse xxviii. iv When it does Hardness meet and Pride, My Love does then rebound t'another side. 1797 M. Robinson Walsingham III. lxx. 324 These tacit questions, originating in the just indignation of offended pride, rebounded on my heart, and bruised its aching fibres. 1867 L. M. Child Romance of Republic i. v. 62 The pressure of misfortune had been so heavy upon her, that, now it was lifted a little, her elastic spirit rebounded with a sudden spring. 1883 R. M. Ballantyne Madman & Pirate viii. 134 Dismay overwhelmed the pirate at first sight of it. Then hope rebounded into his soul. 1943 I. Heilbut Birds of Passage 83 The most powerful blows dealt to her [sc. France's] spirit rebounded from the armor her thinkers had forged for her for all time to come. 1988 C. Meine Aldo Leopold (1991) 510 Leopold's own enthusiasm rebounded after the initial disappointment. 2004 H. B. Braiker Who's pulling your Strings? ii. 11 Cindy's mood rebounded after Bob promised to hurry back to her as soon as the game was over. †c. transitive. To cause (a thing) to bounce back; to cast or throw back; to return, repel (literal and figurative). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > rebound > cause to rebound [verb (transitive)] reboundc1560 brick wall1596 rejerk1606 bricole1611 reflect1613 to beat back1715 bounce1876 tamp1971 c1560 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 200 (note) Christofer Rokeby, being assaulted..was able soe to have rebounded the blowes given him. 1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. A4 Defiance French man we rebound it backe. View more context for this quotation 1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 126 When Anthony charged Cicero,..Cicero rebounded the same accusation again to Antony. 1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 272 Now to rebound his love in thankfulness, she bestirs her self. 1713 R. Steele Spectator No. 423. ⁋6 They have the whole Woman between them, and can occasionally rebound her Love and Hatred from one to the other. 1803 J. Porter Thaddeus of Warsaw III. i. 20 His dignified composure rebounded their darts upon his insulters. 1865 S. Ferguson Forging of Anchor ii The leathern mail rebounds the hail. d. intransitive. Business and Finance. To recover in value or economic strength after a decrease or decline. Cf. rebound n. 2c. ΚΠ 1867 N.-Y. Times 27 Apr. 2/7 Two or three efforts have been made to break the market and to create a panic, but..as soon as the pressure was withdrawn, the market rebounded. 1895 Atlanta (Georgia) Constit. 10 May 6/3 The bulls are much elated at finding how easily prices rebound after each spell of dullness and depression. 1955 Times 9 Aug. 12/2 Equities rebounded sharply yesterday. 1980 Internat. Migration Rev. 18 315 This situation..will cause the oil exporters to be cautious in expanding their development plans even if oil prices rebound. 2003 Wall St. Jrnl. 20 Oct. c1/4 (table) Asian markets close with losses, but are expected to rebound the following day. 4. a. intransitive. Of light: to be reflected. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > reflection > [verb (intransitive)] rebounda1398 glentc1400 reflect?a1439 reflamec1450 reverberate1598 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 120 Þat bischinynge þat reboundiþ aȝen is I-clepid lumen reflexioun. c1450 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Linc. Cathedral 103) 92 (MED) Þe brightnes is not youre..but only it is þaire, As be a light reboundyng in þe ayre. 1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 42 The Sonne beames rebounding from th' earth. 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises iii. ii. iii. f. 179^v The lowest Region is hotte by the reflexe of the Sunne, whose beames first striking the earth, doe rebound backe againe to that Region. 1729 R. Savage Wanderer v. 99 From yon Range of Rocks, strong Rays rebound, Doubling the Day on flow'ry Plains around. 1798 H. C. Jennings Summary & Free Refl. Postscr. 6 The powerful Activity with which Light rebounds from its Surface. 1844 Mechanics' Mag. 1 June 355 More light rebounds or glances from bright substances than from dark ones. 1954 J. Griffin tr. J. Giono Horseman on Roof xi. 311 These broad expanses over which the light rebounded. 1986 M. C. Smith Stallion Gate 172 Some of the lights rebounded into a corona. 2005 C. Madison & V. Madison Living the Dream i. 6 We tried to find out how close they were with our powerful spotlight, but its beam rebounded off the mist and blinded us. b. intransitive. Of sound: to echo, to reverberate. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > resound [verb (intransitive)] > reverberate or echo > of sounds rebounda1398 redounda1470 echo1563 reverberate1591 remurmur1699 verberate1767 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 272 Eek somme [read soune] þat reboundeþ of noyse is enemy to hem [sc. bees]. c1425 Myrour to Lewde Men & Wymmen (Harl.) (1981) 214 (MED) Ecco..is þe sound þat reboundeþ aȝen when a man spekeþ to an hye hulle. 1530 J. Rastell New Bk. Purgatory i. xvi. sig. b2^v Every man hereth the hole voyce, sown, or worde, & it reboundyth hole in every mannes erys. ?1556 (a1500) Knight of Curtesy (Copland) sig. B.iii ^v The noise of gonnes did rebounde. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 46 With playnts most pitiful to oure ears thus sadlye rebounding. 1646 R. Crashaw Sospetto d'Herode xxxviii, in Steps to Temple 63 A gen'rall hisse, from the whole Tire of snakes Rebounding, through Hells inmost Cavernes came. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis v, in tr. Virgil Wks. 333 Cries, Murmurs, Clamours, with a mixing Sound, From Woods to Woods, from Hills to Hills rebound. a1711 T. Ken Preparatives for Death in Wks. (1721) IV. 51 More surprising Sound Will through the hollow Graves rebound. 1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 158 From stucco'd walls smart arguments rebound. a1822 P. B. Shelley Homer's Hymn to Mercury lxxxvii, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 324 Far and wide rebounded The echo of his pipings. 1872 W. Murdoch Poems & Songs (ed. 2) 175 He..sang till echo, in reply, Rebounded back to Robin. 1938 K. G. W. Ludecke I knew Hitler 721 Shouts of laughter rebounded hollowly from the dank walls. 1974 J. Betjeman in Wk. Hist. Buildings Board Greater London Council 57 The street cries rebounding from pavements and walls. 2004 M. M. Kerr Furtwängler's Grave 14 Surreal echoes of the anguished cry rebounded from both ends of the service corridor. †c. transitive. To reflect (light). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > reflection > [verb (transitive)] rebounda1450 reflexc1536 reflect1555 return1557 repercuss1604 retort1609 refract1621 reverberate1638 to throw back1698 flash1716 to give back1831 glint1844 a1450 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) viii. xxix A merroure..and oþer glistering bodies reboundeþ aȝen þe schynynge that he fongeþ. c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 40 (MED) He seeþ in þe glas, bi beemes reboundid aȝen to þe iȝe from þe leed of þe glas, his owen face. 1599 J. Davies Hymnes Astræa xv. 15 Rebound vpon thy selfe thy light, Enioy thine own sweet precious sight Giue us but some reflection. 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme ii. xii. 95 The rayes falling upon the Retina..being rebounded thence upon the Vvea. a1737 J. Hutchinson Glory or Gravity (1749) XI. 98 A Triangle from the Eye has the Plain of the Body from whence the Light was rebounded for Base. †d. intransitive. Of a place: to re-echo, resound (with, of, to a sound). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > make abundant [verb (transitive)] > abound in or with flourishc1380 to flow with (in, of)1382 redound1483 fleeta1500 swim1526 rebound1535 abound1591 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > resound [verb (intransitive)] > reverberate or echo > of places rebound1535 re-echoa1599 rebellow1607 echoa1616 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) 29744 The trumpettis..beir gart all the bankis rebound. 1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Pref. sig. aj^v Hauens with echo seuen tymes reboundynge. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 462 Made the mountaines..to rebounde againe of the sounde and ecco of their cries. 1633 W. Prynne Histrio-mastix i. vi. xii. 536 The Vilages and streets, yea the whole Citty rebound with the voyces of Singers. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 125 With hoarse Allarms the hollow Camp rebounds . View more context for this quotation 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. viii. 16 With tumultuous sounds Of thronging multitudes the shore rebounds. 1788 T. Warton On H.M. Birth-day ii Where the long roofs rebounded to the din Of spectre chiefs, who feasted far within. ?1800 J. Wells Hymns xlviii. 42 Seraphs tune the Lyre, And Heav'n rebounds with praise. 1856 Afr. Repository July 217 The streets of Monrovia rebounded with the fife and drum of the recruiting sergeant. e. transitive. To re-echo, return (a sound). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > resound [verb (transitive)] > reverberate or echo answera1425 redoublea1542 rebound1555 return1557 reply1565 report1589 re-echo1595 repercuss?a1597 render1598 reverberate1603 respeak1604 reverb1608 retort1609 reword1609 revoice1610 refract1621 to give back1889 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. ii. f. 96^v The wooddes and montaynes..rebounded [L. reboabant] the noyse of the horryble crye. 1591 E. Spenser Teares of Muses in Complaints 22 The hollow hills..Were wont redoubled Echoes to rebound. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. i. 30 They reckoned their Foes by the increase of the Noise rebounded unto them. 1712 A. Pope tr. Statius First Bk. Thebais in Misc. Poems 15 The dreadful Signal all the Rocks rebound. 1751 G. Lavington Enthusiasm Methodists & Papists: Pt. III Pref. p. xxii I have little more Honour than that of being an Echo, rebounding your own Words. 1813 T. Busby tr. Lucretius Nature of Things I. ii. 370 Loud to the neighbouring hills the clamours rise, The neighbouring hills rebound them to the skies. 1863 H. Gilpin Misc. Poems 137 Again the war-cry loudly sounded, The mountains murmuring back the call, And glens that well-known shout rebounded. 1978 Spectator (New Canaan High School, Connecticut) 43 Graying tiles insulate the walls, rebound the sound and belch it up to the street. †f. transitive. To send out (praise); to exalt or celebrate (a thing) with an echoing sound. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > resound [verb (transitive)] > reverberate or echo > send out or exalt with rebound?1567 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > making famous > make famous or celebrate [verb (transitive)] > by re-echoing sound rebound?1567 ?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter lxxxi. 235 Open..the mouthes of vs thy suppliants to rebounde out the prayse of thy glorious maiesty. 1598 B. Yong tr. G. Polo Enamoured Diana in tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 444 They shall rebound His famous name..Vnto the highest spheares. 1647 J. Hall Poems ii. 101 His throne,..whom your plumy pipes rebound. †5. intransitive. To bound or leap. Also figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > leap, spring, or jump [verb (intransitive)] > in response to some force reboundc1400 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 422 (MED) Þe arc..flote forthe wyth þe flyt of þe felle wyndez; Whederwarde so þe water wafte, hit rebounde. c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 174 Als sone as he come þare, Aȝaynus him rebowndet þe bare. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. vii. 91 [The top] smyttin wyth the tawis dois rebound. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 7 Sometimes the surges or Sea-flashes doe rebound top-gallant height. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xxiii. 86 By means of a bellows..the water rebounded up so high, that..it fell as small as dew. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 788 At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds . View more context for this quotation 1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xv. 162 Along the court the fiery steeds rebound. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xiii. 741 The heart Rebounded of Pisander, full of hope. 6. intransitive. To return, move back (without impact). rare. ΚΠ 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid vii. Prol. 112 I..slepit sownd Quhill the orizont wpwart gan rebound. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. II. 213 The stone which had been laboriously rolled to the summit of the hill was trembling on the brink, and in a moment might rebound into the plain. 1993 K. S. Robinson Green Mars (new ed.) 118 Perhaps the melting of the northern polar cap was causing the lithosphere there to rebound upward, setting off lots of small marsquakes. 7. intransitive. Basketball. To gain possession of a rebound (rebound n. 5b). Also transitive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > basketball > play basketball [verb (intransitive)] > catch rebound rebound1926 1926 J. C. Ruby How to coach & play Basketball xvi. 178 It is his duty to aid the guards, recover the defensive rebounds, aid the forwards in offense, and rebound offensively. 1931 Chicago Tribune 11 Feb. ii. 25/7 His five field goals came mainly from his ability to rebound. 1954 Sun (Baltimore) 20 Dec. b18/2 Pollard is the best balanced basketball player I have ever seen;..he can rebound with the best big men in the business. 1986 D. Shields Dead Lang. (1990) x. 87 Each starter had his own specialty. One rebounded mightily. Another dribbled well. Someone else passed beautifully. 2003 S. Alexie Ten Little Indians 220 At first, she practiced shots while he rebounded her makes and misses and passed the ball back to her. Derivatives † reboundable adj. Obsolete ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > rebound > [adjective] > capable of reflexive1588 reboundable1685 reverberative1716 1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. III. 244 Our reasons.., our arguments and controversies are reboundable upon us. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1440v.a1382
随便看	helldark helldarkness helldeed helldeep helldeserving helldevil helldevouring helldiver helldivers helldog helldoomed helldoor helldriven helldriving helleboraceous helleboraster helleborate hellebore hellebore leaf hellebore-root helleborein helleboreroot hellebores helleboresin helleboretin