carom

1. A collision followed by a rebound.
2. 1. A shot in billiards in which the cue ball successively strikes two other balls. Also called billiard.
   2. A similar shot in a related game, such as pool.

1. To collide and rebound; glance: The car caromed off the guardrail into the ditch.
2. To make a carom, as in billiards.

[Short for carambole, a stroke at billiards, from French, a billiard ball, from Spanish carambola, a stroke at billiards, perhaps from Portuguese, carambola. See carambola.]

verb

To strike a surface at such an angle as to be deflected: dap, glance, graze, ricochet, skim, skip. See strike/miss.

The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a glancing rebound
  Synonym: ricochet

Meaning #2: a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
  Synonym: cannon

The verb carom has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: rebound after hitting
  Synonym: glance

Meaning #2: make a carom, in billiards

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Carom may refer to:

• Ricochet
• Carom billiards
• Carom seeds or Ajwain, a spice

See also

• Carrom, a family of tabletop games
• Caromb, a commune in Vaucluse, France

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