Definition of "rebound" []

• To spring or bounce back after hitting or colliding with something. (verb-intransitive)
• To recover, as from depression or disappointment. (verb-intransitive)
• To reecho; resound. (verb-intransitive)
• Basketball To retrieve and gain possession of the ball as it bounces off the backboard or rim after an unsuccessful shot. (verb-intransitive)
• To cause to rebound. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Banking stocks, which have been hard-hit recently, staged a mini-rebound though I use the word rebound with caution."
• "It may also be a natural rebound from a pretty bad fourth quarter, when broadband net adds skidded at most ISPs."
• "It may also be a natural rebound from a pretty bad fourth quarter, when [...]"