Rebound /(rē̇*bound")/

Re·bound

Rebound

v. i.
  1. To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo.
    Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one another.
  2. To give back an echo. [R.]
  3. To bound again or repeatedly, as a horse.
  4. to recover, as from sickness, psychological shock, or disappointment.

Phrases & Compounds
Rebounding lock
one in which the hammer rebounds to half cock after striking the cap or primer.

Rebound

v. t.
  1. To send back; to reverberate.
    Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound.

Rebound

n.
  1. The act of rebounding; resilience.
    Flew . . . back, as from a rock, with swift rebound.
  2. recovery, as from sickness, psychological shock, or disappointment.