A fork of Rural Dictionary
If girl/boy is dumped by their boyfriend/girlfriend and is crushed, and then another boy/girl sweeps her/him off her/his feet, she/he becomes the rebound. *Based off of Basketball: Someone(1) couldn't score, so someone else(2) picked up the rebound(3) to give it a try. (1): The person doing the dumping. (2): The person picking up the dumpee. (3): The person who just got dumped.
Boy 1: "Hey, you're with her now?" Boy 2: "Yeah, she just got dumped by her boyfriend. So I picked up the rebound."