Rebound \Re*bound"\, v. i. [Pref. re- + bound: cf. F. rebondir.]

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Rebound \Re*bound"\, v. t. To send back; to reverberate.

Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound. --Dryden.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Rebound \Re*bound"\, n. The act of rebounding; resilience.

Flew . . . back, as from a rock, with swift rebound. --Dryden.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)