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rebound
English
Etymology 1
From Old French rebondir.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?i?ba?nd/
- (US) IPA(key): /??iba?nd/
Noun
rebound (plural rebounds)
- The recoil of an object bouncing off another.
- A return to health or well-being; a recovery.
- An effort to recover from a setback.
- (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.
- (sports) The strike of the ball after it has bounced off a defending player, the crossbar or goalpost.
- (basketball) 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.
Translations
Derived terms
- rebound effect
- rebound phenomenon
- rebound relationship
- rebound tenderness
- rebound therapy
- rebound volleyball
Verb
rebound (third-person singular simple present rebounds, present participle rebounding, simple past and past participle rebounded)
- To bound or spring back from a force.
- Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one another.
- To give back an echo.
- a. 1714, Alexander Pope, Autumn
- each cave and echoing rock rebounds
- a. 1714, Alexander Pope, Autumn
- (figuratively) To jump up or get back up again.
- (transitive) To send back; to reverberate.
- Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound, / And carry to the skies the sacred sound.
Translations
See also
- bound (verb)
Etymology 2
see rebind
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??ib??nd/
Verb
rebound
- simple past tense and past participle of rebind
Anagrams
- bounder, unbored, unrobed
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thump
English
Etymology
Probably imitative.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??mp/
- Rhymes: -?mp
Noun
thump (plural thumps)
- A blow that produces a muffled sound.
- December 24, 1709, Isaac Bickerstaff (pseudonym for Richard Steele or (in some later numbers of the journal) Joseph Addison), The Tatler No. 111
- The watchman gave so very great a thump at my door last night, that I awakened at the knock.
- December 24, 1709, Isaac Bickerstaff (pseudonym for Richard Steele or (in some later numbers of the journal) Joseph Addison), The Tatler No. 111
- The sound of such a blow; a thud.
- (dated, colloquial, euphemistic) Used to replace the vulgar or blasphemous element in "what the hell" and similar phrases.
- Where the thump have you been?!
Translations
Verb
thump (third-person singular simple present thumps, present participle thumping, simple past and past participle thumped)
- (transitive) To hit (someone or something) as if to make a thump.
- (transitive) To cause to make a thumping sound.
- The cat thumped its tail in irritation.
- (intransitive) To thud or pound.
- (intransitive) To throb with a muffled rhythmic sound.
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