Carom definition
To make a carom, as in billiards.
verb
To cause to carom.
verb
(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.
noun
A collision followed by a rebound.
noun
To collide and rebound; glance.
The car caromed off the guardrail into the ditch.
verb
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A shot in billiards in which the cue ball successively strikes two other balls.
noun
A similar shot in a related game, such as pool.
noun
A striking against a surface and rebounding at an angle.
noun
To make a carom.
verb
To strike against a surface and rebound at an angle.
verb
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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.
noun
(intransitive) To make a carom (shot in billiards).
verb
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 carambola
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Probably corrupted from French carambole (the red ball in billiards).
From Wiktionary