rebound (noun)
111dropkick — I noun (football) kicking (as for a field goal) in which the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground • Topics: ↑football, ↑football game • Hypernyms: ↑kick, ↑boot, ↑kicking …
112lively — adjective (livelier; est) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English līflīc, from līf life Date: before 12th century 1. obsolete living 2. briskly alert and energetic ; vigorous, animated < a lively discussion > …
113board — I. noun Etymology: Middle English bord piece of sawed lumber, border, ship s side, from Old English; akin to Old High German bort ship s side Date: before 12th century 1. obsolete border, edge 2. the side of a ship 3. a. a piece of sawed lumber… …
114carom — I. noun Etymology: by shortening & alteration from obsolete carambole, from Spanish carambola Date: 1779 1. a. a shot in billiards in which the cue ball strikes each of two object balls b. a shot in pool in which an object ball strikes another… …
115rally — I. verb (rallied; rallying) Etymology: French rallier, from Old French ralier, from re + alier to unite more at ally Date: 1603 transitive verb 1. a. to muster for a common purpose b. to recall to order …
116recoil — I. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English reculen, recoilen, from Anglo French reculer, recuiler, from re + cul backside more at culet Date: 14th century 1. a. to fall back under pressure b. to shrink back physically or emotionally 2. to… …
117resort — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, return, source of aid, from Anglo French, from resortir to rebound, resort, from re + Old French sortir to go out, leave Date: 14th century 1. a. one that affords aid or refuge ; resource < went to them as a… …
118result — I. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin resultare, from Latin, to rebound, from re + saltare to leap more at saltation Date: 15th century 1. a. to proceed or arise as a consequence, effect, or conclusion < death… …
119sky — I. noun (plural skies) Etymology: Middle English, cloud, sky, from Old Norse skȳ cloud; akin to Old English scēo cloud Date: 13th century 1. the upper atmosphere or expanse of space that constitutes an apparent great vault or arch over the earth …
120turn — I. verb Etymology: Middle English; partly from Old English tyrnan & turnian to turn, from Medieval Latin tornare, from Latin, to turn on a lathe, from tornus lathe, from Greek tornos; partly from Anglo French turner, tourner to turn, from… …
