carom
noun
- Billiards any shot in which the cue ball bounces off a cushion or an object ball; specif., such a shot that successively hits the two object balls, giving the shooter a score in most games
- ☆ a hitting and rebounding, as of a ball struck against a wall
intransitive verb
- to make a carom
- to hit and rebound
See carom in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(kărˈəm)
noun- A collision followed by a rebound.
a. A shot in billiards in which the cue ball successively strikes two other balls. Also called billiard.
b. A similar shot in a related game, such as pool.
verb car·omed,
car·om·ing,
car·oms verb, intransitive- To collide and rebound; glance: The car caromed off the guardrail into the ditch.
- To make a carom, as in billiards.
verb, transitive To cause to carom.
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