1) A carom of the ball off the backboard after a missed shot 2) Gaining possession of the ball after it has come off the backboard As a verb, to get a rebound See defensive rebound; offensive rebound
the act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot a reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration; "he is still on the rebound from his wife's death
If an action or situation rebounds on you, it has an unpleasant effect on you, especially when this effect was intended for someone else. Mia realised her trick had rebounded on her The CIA was extremely wary of interfering with the foreign Press; in the past, such interference had rebounded
Depressed under the weight of the glaciers, the surface of the earth in the North Country is slowly, very slowly bouncing back Since the recession of the glaciers, the earth's crust in northeastern Minnesota has rebounded some 330', a rise which continues today
If something rebounds from a solid surface, it bounces or springs back from it. His shot in the 21st minute of the game rebounded from a post The hot liquid splashed down on the concrete and rebounded
If you say that someone is on the rebound, you mean that they have just ended a relationship with a girlfriend or boyfriend. This often makes them do things they would not normally do. He took heroin for the first time when he was on the rebound from a broken relationship
Also called upwarping, this is the uplift of a regional area of the Earth's crust, usually as a result of the release of isostatic pressure, e g melting of an ice sheet