ricochet
Ricochet is defined as to bounce off a surface and go another direction.
(verb)An example of to ricochet is for a basketball to come flying back after hitting the backboard.
The definition of a ricochet is an act of bouncing off a surface.
(noun)An example of a ricochet is a rubber ball flying back after hitting a wall.
See ricochet in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- the oblique rebound or skipping of a bullet, stone, etc. after striking a surface at an angle
- a bullet, etc. that ricochets
Origin: Fr; used first in fable du ricochet (story in which the narrator constantly evades the hearers' questions) < ?
intransitive verb ricocheted or ricochetted , ricocheting or ricochetting
Origin: Fr ricocher < the n.
See ricochet in American Heritage Dictionary 4
intransitive verb ric·o·cheted (-shādˌ), ric·o·chet·ing (-shāˌĭng), ric·o·chets (-shāzˌ)
Origin:
Origin: French
Origin: , from Old French, give-and-take
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