carom

car·om

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 striking against a surface and rebounding at an angle

Origin of carom

from French carambole from Spanish carambola; origin, originally , kind of fruit from Malay karambil

to make a carom
to strike against a surface and rebound at an angle

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carom

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.

Origin of carom

Short for carambole a stroke at billiards from French a billiard ball from Spanish carambola a stroke at billiards perhaps from Portuguese carambola ; see carambola .

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Noun

(plural caroms)

(cue sports, especially billiards) 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.
A billiard-like Indian game in which players take turns flicking checker-like pieces into one of four goals on the corners of (one meter by one meter square) board.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present caroms, present participle caroming, simple past and past participle caromed)