单词 | rebounder |
释义 | reboundern. 1. gen. A person who or thing which rebounds (in various senses) or undergoes a rebound. rare before late 19th cent. ΚΠ 1786 Daily Universal Reg. 16 May Each rough step..Parts him, involuntary, from the saddle... Thus priz'd like cannon, rides this rough rebounder. 1893 Boston Investigator 15 Nov. 3/4 He tried to throw ridicule upon the cause of freethought, but, like a rubber ball, it rebounded with double fury upon himself. I was the rebounder. 1951 W. Lewis Rotting Hill ix. 287 Those who experience the violent ‘rebound of a powerful mind from..philosophical Radicalism’, to use Maine's words, are described today as ‘reactionaries’. More clumsily they might be termed ‘rebounders’. 1999 F. W. Marks Brief for Belief iv. 98 Henry VIII, perhaps the best known matrimonial rebounder of all time, wound up executing two of his wives. 2002 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 24 Nov. iii. 6/4 Ciena [is] up 117 percent since then, to $5.58 from $2.57. Among the other low-price rebounders are Corning, PMC-Sierra, Xerox, Lucent Technologies and JDS Uniphase. 2. Firearms. A gunlock incorporating a device which throws back the hammer after it has struck the cap; (also) a device of this type. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > lock > types of firelock1544 snap-work1568 rewet1572 snaphance1588 French lock1641 wheel-lock1670 flintlock1683 matchlock1688 percussion gun-lock1808 percussion lock1819 rebounder1871 rebounding lock1871 miquelet1926 1871 Daily Central City (Colorado) Reg. 7 Apr. The lock is a rebounder, and is so constructed that it is absolutely safe. 1877 Newcastle Courant 30 Nov. 2/4 My gun is a rebounder, and does not go off at half-cock. 1879 Forest & Stream 27 Feb. 78/3 (advt.) For Sale... One W. Greener breech-loader, side lever, laminated, rebounder. 1901 Jrnl. U.S. Artillery 15 87 The contact is broken at the breech by the hammer striking against arm A and shaking the rebounder. 3. Basketball. A player who is skilled at or specializes in gaining possession of rebounds (rebound n. 5a). 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 1926 J. C. Ruby How to coach & play Basketball 87 The rebounder may remain a short distance from the basket until he can estimate with some accuracy where the ball will fall. 1949 Sun (Baltimore) 28 Dec. 14/6 Dolhou goes on the injured list with..a growing reputation as an adept floorman, rebounder and set shot. 1974 Spartanburg (S. Carolina) Herald-Jrnl. 21 Apr. b1/1 He started on the basketball team..playing the point position as playmaker and still being one of the leading rebounders. 2006 J. Prudden Coaching Girls' Basketball Successfully 69 Size and strength can help low-post players become good rebounders. 4. Chiefly U.S. A small circular trampoline used for exercising.A proprietary name in the United States. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > gymnastics > [noun] > equipment plummet?1537 springboard?1780 horse1785 trampoline1798 club1815 gallows1817 Indian club1825 rope1825 horizontal bar1827 trapeze1830 vaulting bar1839 parallel bars1850 wooden horse1854 trapezium1856 giant stride1863 ring1869 vaulting horse1875 mast1880 fly-pole1884 pommel1887 Roman ring1894 mat1903 wall bar1903 pommel horse1908 buck1932 pommel vault1932 landing mat1941 rebounder1980 1980 A. E. Carter Miracles of Rebound Exercise v. 51 We should concern ourselves with the best piece of equipment..that was exclusively designed for rebound exercise..the rebounder. 1986 Times 19 May 11/1 Americans have had rebounders since the early Seventies. 1992 Daily Tel. 22 Dec. 13/6 Rebounders make a comeback. These mini-trampolines are getting a fresh lease of life thanks to reports that they help disperse cellulite. 2002 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 10 Mar. ix. 6/3 Ms. Stoddard is inspired by a friend's minitrampoline: ‘Jumping on her round rebounder got me excited... I feel invigorated, childlike and playful.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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