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Ricochet   /rˈɪkəʃˌeɪ/   Listen
Ricochet

noun
1.
A glancing rebound.  Synonym: carom.





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"Ricochet" Quotes from Famous Books



... kept thundering away. Ball after ball flew over or fell short, or kicked up the sand in the enclosure; but they had to fire so high that the shot fell dead and buried itself in the soft sand. We had no ricochet to fear; and though one popped in through the roof of the log-house, and out again through the floor, we soon got used to that sort of horse-play, and minded it no ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 6 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson


Words linked to "Ricochet" :   kick back, repercussion, leap, backlash, jump, bound off, skip, kick, carom


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