carom

car·om  (krm)

n.

1. A collision followed by a rebound.

2.

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.

v. car·omed, car·om·ing, car·oms

v.intr.

1. To collide and rebound; glance: The car caromed off the guardrail into the ditch.

2. To make a carom, as in billiards.

v.tr.

To cause to carom.

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[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.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	carom - a glancing rebound                   ricochet backlash, rebound, recoil, repercussion - a movement back from an impact
	2.	carom - a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other cannon billiards - any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls pocket billiards, pool - any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets stroke, shot - (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand; "it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot requires good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot"
Verb	1.	carom - rebound after hitting; "The car caromed off several lampposts" bounce, rebound, ricochet, take a hop, resile, spring, recoil, bound, reverberate - spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
	2.	carom - make a carom billiards - any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls shoot - throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball"