| carom | | |
| n. (event) | 1. carom, ricochet | a glancing rebound. |
| ~ backlash, rebound, recoil, repercussion | a movement back from an impact. |
| n. (act) | 2. cannon, carom | a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other. |
| ~ billiards | any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls. |
| ~ pocket billiards, pool | any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets. |
| ~ stroke, shot | (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand.; "it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot requires good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot" |
| v. (motion) | 3. carom | rebound after hitting.; "The car caromed off several lampposts" |
| ~ bounce, rebound, ricochet, take a hop, resile, recoil, spring, bound, reverberate | spring back; spring away from an impact.; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" |
| v. (contact) | 4. carom | make a carom. |
| ~ billiards | any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls. |
| ~ shoot | throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective.; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball" |
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