Rebound

Part of speech: noun (n.)

The act of rebounding; resilience. Flew . . . back, as from a rock, with swift rebound. Dryden.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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. Sir I. Newton.

2. To give back an echo. [R.] T. Warton.

3. To bound again or repeatedly, as a horse. Pope. Rebounding lock (Firearms), one in which the hammer rebounds to half cock after striking the cap or primer.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To send back; to reverberate. Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound. Dryden.