rebound (noun)
21rebound — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. bounce, ricochet, react, bound back, recoil. See elasticity. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. reflect, ricochet, spring back; see bounce 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. bounce back, spring back,… …
22redound — rebound, redound 1. Rebound is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable as a noun and with the stress on the second syllable as a verb. 2. The image with the verb rebound is of something bouncing back, and with redound it is of a tide or… …
23snapback — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: from snap back, v. 1. : a football snap 2. : a sudden rebound or recovery predicted a snapback of the market from the present lows * * * /snap bak /, n …
24bank shot — noun a basketball shot that bounces off of the backboard before passing through the hoop • Hypernyms: ↑basketball shot * * * noun Etymology: bank (I) 1. : a shot in billiards and pool in which a player banks the cue ball or the object ball 2 …
25rebounder — noun a) Agent noun of rebound; one who rebounds; resilient. b) One who rebounds …
26economy — noun 1 operation of a country s money supply ADJECTIVE ▪ booming, buoyant (esp. BrE), dynamic, healthy, prosperous, robust, sound, stable, strong, thriv …
27ballottement — noun a palpatory technique for feeling a floating object in the body (especially for determining the position of a fetus by feeling the rebound of the fetus after a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus) • Hypernyms: ↑palpation, ↑tactual… …
28backboard — noun Date: 1761 1. a board placed at or serving as the back of something; especially a rounded or rectangular board behind the basket on a basketball court which serves to keep missed shots from going out of bounds and from which the ball can be… …
29bank shot — noun Date: 1897 1. a shot in billiards and pool in which a player banks the cue ball or the object ball 2. a shot in basketball played to rebound from the backboard into the basket …
30dropkick — noun Date: 1857 a kick made by dropping a ball to the ground and kicking it at the moment it starts to rebound …
