Carom

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  • noun. A collision followed by a rebound.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A shot in billiards in which the cue ball successively strikes two other balls.
  • noun. A similar shot in a related game, such as pool.
  • intransitive verb. To collide and rebound; glance.
  • intransitive verb. To make a carom, as in billiards.
  • intransitive verb. To cause to carom.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In billiards, the hitting of two or three balls in succession by the cue-ball from one stroke of the cue: in Great Britain sometimes called cannon. Also spelled carrom.
  • In billiards, to make a carom (which see).
  • To strike or collide against a thing and then rebound or glance off again; cannon: usually with on, and common in racing slang: as, Eclipse caromed on High-flyer and injured his chance of winning.
  • Also spelled carrom.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To make a carom.
  • noun. 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. An Indian game played on a board measuring one meter by one meter square. Players take turns flicking checker-like pieces into one of four goals on the corners of the table. This billiard-like game is played entirely with the fingers, and usually while sitting on the floor.
  • verb. To make a carom.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. rebound after hitting
  • noun. a glancing rebound
  • verb. make a carom
  • noun. a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
  • Word Usage
    "But the word "carom" sparked an idea and an invention."
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    backlash  bounce  bound  rebound  recoil  
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    cannon