rebound (noun)

  • 71bound — I. /baʊnd / (say bownd) adjective 1. tied; in bonds: a bound prisoner. 2. made fast as by a band or bond: bound by one s word. 3. secured within a cover, as a book. 4. constipated; costive. –phrase 5. bound to, a. under obligation to, legally or… …

  • 72bounce — I. verb (bounced; bouncing) Etymology: Middle English bounsen Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. obsolete beat, bump 2. to cause to rebound or be reflected < bounce a ball > …

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  • 73Dominican Republic — a republic in the West Indies, occupying the E part of the island of Hispaniola. 8,228,151; 19,129 sq. mi. (49,545 sq. km). Cap.: Santo Domingo. Formerly, Santo Domingo, San Domingo. * * * Dominican Republic Introduction Dominican Republic&#8230; …

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  • 74recoil — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Springing back Nouns recoil, reaction, retroaction, revulsion, rebound, ricochet, bounce, boomerang, kick, backlash, repercussion, reflex, return, repulse, repulsion, reverberation, echo; reactionary,&#8230; …

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  • 75bounce — v. & n. v. 1 a intr. (of a ball etc.) rebound. b tr. cause to rebound. c tr. & intr. bounce repeatedly. 2 intr. sl. (of a cheque) be returned by a bank when there are insufficient funds to meet it. 3 intr. a (foll. by about, up) (of a person, dog …

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  • 76rebote — rə̇ˈbōd.ē noun ( s) Etymology: Spanish, bounce, rebound, from rebotar to rebound, from re + botar to hurl, thrust, from Old French boter to butt more at butt 1. : the rear wall of a jai al …

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  • 77bound — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. limit, confine, delimit, demarcate; leap, spring, vault. See certainty, duty. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Literally confined in bonds] Syn. fettered, shackled, trussed up, manacled, chained, enchained …

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  • 78stot — I. noun also stott ˈstät ( s) Etymology: Middle English stot, stott, from Old English stot; akin to Middle Low German stūt thigh, buttocks, Old High German stiuz buttocks, Old Norse stūtr horn, stump, ox, Old High German stōzan to thrust, push&#8230; …

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  • 79ricochet — I. noun Etymology: French Date: 1769 a glancing rebound (as of a projectile off a flat surface); also an object that ricochets II. intransitive verb (ricocheted; also ricochetted; ricocheting; also ricochetting) Date: 1828 to bounce or skip with&#8230; …

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  • 80Fjord — A fjord or fiord (pronEng|fjɔːd|fiːɔːd or pronEng|fiːɔːd) is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides, created in a valley carved by glacial activity.FormationThe seeds of a fjord are laid when a glacier cuts a U shaped valley through abrasion of&#8230; …

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