carom

(noun, verb)

noun

1. a glancing rebound

Similar word(s): ricochet

Definition categories: event, backlash, rebound, recoil, repercussion

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

Similar word(s): cannon

Definition categories: act, shot, stroke

verb

1. rebound after hitting

- The car caromed off several lampposts

Definition categories: motion, bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring

2. make a carom

Definition categories: contact, shoot