rebound (noun)
61reverse english — noun Usage: usually capitalized E 1. or reverse side : English imparted to a cue ball causing it to rebound at a more obtuse angle and at a slower speed compare running english 2. : something that is an apparent contradiction or inverted… …
62running english — noun Usage: usually capitalized E : side spin imparted to a cue ball so as to increase the angle of rebound compare reverse english * * * Billiards. the giving of English or spin to the cue ball to enable it to bounce in the direction of a… …
63stoopball — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: stoop (V) + ball : a game similar to baseball in which a player throws a ball against a stoop or building and runs to base while other players seek to capture the rebound and put him out compare kickball, punchball …
64outlet pass — noun : a pass made in basketball by the player taking a defensive rebound to a teammate to start a fast break …
65Glossary of cue sports terms — The following is a glossary of traditional English language terms used in the three overarching cue sports disciplines: carom (or carambole) billiards referring to the various carom games played on a billiard table without pockets; pool (pocket… …
66bounce — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. rebound, recoil; leap; slang, eject (See ejection). II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To rebound] Syn. ricochet, recoil, carom, glance off, spring back, leap, hop, skip, bob, buck, jump, bound, jerk up and down …
67return — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. restore, put back, bring back, echo, yield, render, reply, answer, reciprocate; nominate, elect; come back, recur, reappear, revert. See restoration. n. arrival, homecoming, reversion, recurrence,… …
68bound — English has no fewer than four separate words bound. The only one which goes back to Old English is the adjective, meaning ‘obliged’ 71 box or ‘destined’, which comes from the past participle of bind (in Old English this was bunden, which… …
69bound — English has no fewer than four separate words bound. The only one which goes back to Old English is the adjective, meaning ‘obliged’ or ‘destined’, which comes from the past participle of bind (in Old English this was bunden, which survives… …
70bounce — [c]/baʊns / (say bowns) verb (bounced, bouncing) –verb (i) 1. to move with a bound, and rebound, as a ball: a ball bounces back from the wall. 2. to burst ebulliently (into or out of): to bounce into and out of a room. 3. to boast; show off. 4.… …
