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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ricochet |
| Type of | backlash, rebound, recoil, repercussion |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | take a hop, bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring |
The car caromed off several lampposts.
Examples of carom
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Mike Brown collected the carom and went to the right of the unsuspecting Lalime.
From the buffalonews.com
That carom was enough to allow Torres to reach third, and Tejada raced to second.
From the bostonherald.com
Cleveland's Devin Brown got the carom, and he put up a shot just as time expired.
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Centerfielder Tom Guilfoile misplayed the carom, and Consigli moved into third.
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Falu pounced on the carom and made a quick throw, but Herrera couldn't hold it.
From the kansas.com
Mr. Savarese dived and hit the ball, only to have it carom off Ms. Stimpfle's face.
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Carr caught the carom in a crouch and went 47 yards the other way for a 31-17 lead.
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My attempts to replicate Ajantha Mendis's carom ball have already cost me two teacups.
From the guardian.co.uk
Rajan is keen on the idea that nothing in cricket is really new, even the carom ball.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Rebound after hitting; "The car caromed off several lampposts"
- Ricochet: a glancing rebound
- A shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
- Make a carom
- A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball; in England it is called cannon; An Indian game played on a board measuring one meter by one meter square. ...
- A rebound of the puck off the boards or any other object.
- Term used in conjunction with a DRADIS contact read; analogous to the term "mark".
- A term describing the glancing of one ball off another.
- A type of combination shot where the shooting disk hits one disk then bounces over and hits one or more other disks, usually with the intention of driving them all off the board.
