Colloquial The period of getting over a recently ended romantic relationship.
"I get it. Girl caught him on the rebound when he was vulnerable."2014 April 4, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Friday, Apr 4, 2014:
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Colloquial A romantic partner with whom one begins a relationship (or the relationship one begins) for the sake of getting over a previous, recently ended romantic relationship.
What if she was a rebound after all and he didn't feel the same way for her anymore?2008, Craig Ainsworth, Proceed with Caution: Life's a Journey, →ISBN, page 96:
Nika was dealt a terrible blow in finding she was a rebound and that Steve was still madly in love with his ex and that their love affair was sparked out of retaliation[.]2009, Kenny Attaway, Nuthouse Love, →ISBN, page 154:
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Sure, he was a rebound, but he was a respectable rebound. Then, the rebound broke up with me.2010, Joan Moran, Sixty, Sex, & Tango: Confessions of a Beatnik Boomer, →ISBN, page 43:
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Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports The strike of the ball after it has bounced off a defending player or the crossbar or goalpost.
The inevitable Baggies onslaught followed as substitute Simon Cox saw his strike excellently parried by keeper Bunn, with Cox heading the rebound down into the ground and agonisingly over the bar.2010 December 28, Kevin Darling, “West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2022:
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Ball games, Basketball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports An instance of catching the ball after it has hit the rim or backboard without a basket being scored, generally credited to a particular player.
Wemby’s 50-point game was much milder, if that’s even a thing statistically. This season, he has already had a 5×5 (25 points, nine rebounds, seven assists, five steals and five blocks), a near triple-double (24 points, 13 rebounds and nine blocks) and this 50-burger. […] Just that measly 35-point, 14-assist and 12-rebound game from LeBron James as the Lakers got a little revenge on the Grizzlies.2024 November 14, Zach Harper, “About Victor Wembanyama’s speedy 50 burger. Plus, the Cavaliers remain perfect!”, in The Athletic, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2024:
Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one another.1704, I[saac] N[ewton], “(please specify |book=1 to 3)”, in Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. […], London: […] Sam[uel] Smith, and Benj[amin] Walford, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:
Martin Kelly fired in a dangerous cross and the Hearts defender looked on in horror as the ball rebounded off him and into the net.2012 August 23, Alasdair Lamont, “Hearts 0-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:
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To give back an echo.
each cave and echoing rock reboundsa. 1714, Alexander Pope, Autumn:
“Even after this utter devastation, most people in the Greenwood community, most African Americans in Tulsa said to themselves and to their larger community, ‘we shall not be moved.’ And they rebounded and rebuilt and created an incarnation of Black Wall Street that would surpass its initial version.”2021 May 20, Ashley Vaughan, “Remembering Black Wall Street: Ways to invest in Tulsa and champion Black businesses”, in CNN, archived from the original on 31 May 2021:
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To send back; to reverberate.
Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound, / And carry to the skies the sacred sound.1697, Virgil, “Pastoral 6”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
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Ball games, Basketball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports To catch the ball after it has hit the rim or backboard without scoring a basket for the other team.
By the mid-19605, the top small forwards in the game were Rick Barry and Iohn Havlicek, both of whom excelled as defenders and passers, rebounded well, and provided their respective teams with exceptional scoring.2013, Robert W. Cohen, Pro Basketball's All-time All-stars: Across the Eras, page xxi:
I knew for sure if Griffin blocked shots and rebounded the basketball my Ravens would become champions.2021, Ronald Lee Fleming, Rise of the Ravens, page 2021: