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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ricochet has 1 sense
- ricochet(n = noun.event) carom - a glancing rebound; Array is a kind of backlash, rebound, recoil, repercussion
Derived form verb ricochet1
Verb ricochet has 1 sense
- ricochet(v = verb.motion) bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, spring, take a hop - spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" is one way to bound, jump, leap, spring
Derived form noun ricochet1
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
CIDE DICTIONARY
ricochet, n. [F.].
A rebound or skipping, as of a ball along the ground when a gun is fired at a low angle of elevation, or of a fiat stone thrown along the surface of water. [1913 Webster]
ricochet, v. t.
To operate upon by ricochet firing. See Ricochet, n. [1913 Webster]
ricochet, v. i.
To skip with a rebound or rebounds, as a flat stone on the surface of water, or a cannon ball on the ground. See Ricochet, n. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ricochet, n. & v.
--n.
1 the action of a projectile, esp. a shell or bullet, in rebounding off a surface.
2 a hit made after this.
--v.intr. (ricocheted; ricocheting or ricochetted; ricochetting) (of a projectile) rebound one or more times from a surface.
--n.
1 the action of a projectile, esp. a shell or bullet, in rebounding off a surface.
2 a hit made after this.
--v.intr. (ricocheted; ricocheting or ricochetted; ricochetting) (of a projectile) rebound one or more times from a surface.
Etymology
F, of unkn. orig.
THESAURUS
ricochet
backfire, backlash, backlashing, boomerang, bounce, bounce back, bound, bound back, cannon, cannon off, carom, contrecoup, dap, fly back, graze, have repercussions, kick, kick back, kickback, lash back, rebound, rebuff, recalcitrate, recalcitration, recoil, repercuss, repercussion, repulse, resile, resilience, skim, skip, snap back, spring, spring backROGET THESAURUS
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Recoil
N recoil, reaction, retroaction, revulsion, bounce, rebound, ricochet, repercussion, recalcitration, kick, contrecoup, springing back, elasticity, reflection, reflexion, reflex, reflux, reverberation, rebuff, repulse, return, ducks and drakes, boomerang, spring, reactionist, elastic collision, coefficient of restitution, recoiling, refluent, repercussive, recalcitrant, reactionary, retroactive, on the rebound, on the recoil, for every action there is a reaction, equal in force and opposite in direction.VB recoil, react, spring back, fly back, bounce back, bound back, rebound, reverberate, repercuss, recalcitrate, echo, ricochet.
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