how to pronounce rebound
/ɹiːˈbaʊnd/
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rebound is pronounced in two syllables
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An example use of rebound in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
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meanings of rebound
noun:
- 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.
- An effort to recover from a setback.
- The strike of the ball after it has bounced off a defending player, the crossbar or goalpost.
- The recoil of an object bouncing off another.
- A return to health or well-being; a recovery.
- 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.
verb:
- To send back; to reverberate.
- To jump up or get back up again.
- Simple past tense and past participle of rebind.
- To give back an echo.
- To bound or spring back from a force.
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