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carom

DEFINITIONS OF: carom

1

n a glancing rebound

Synonyms:
ricochet
Type of:
backlash, rebound, recoil, repercussion
a movement back from an impact

n a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other

Synonyms:
cannon
Type of:
shot, stroke
(sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand

v rebound after hitting

“The car caromed off several lampposts”
Type of:
bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop
spring back; spring away from an impact

v make a carom

Type of:
shoot
throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
Launch
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