carom[verb]Synonyms: glance, dap, graze, ricochet, skim, skip
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
car·om (kăr
əm)
n.► A collision followed by a rebound.
► ■ A shot in billiards in which the cue ball successively strikes two other balls. Also called
billiard.
■ A similar shot in a related game, such as pool.
v. car·omed, car·om·ing, car·oms v. intr.► To collide and rebound; glance:
The car caromed off the guardrail into the ditch.► To make a carom, as in billiards.
v. tr.To cause to carom.
[TahlilGaran] American Dictionary ▲
carom [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.]
[TahlilGaran] American Dictionary ▲