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1. (n.) ricochet
the rebound or skip of an object or projectile after it hits a glancing blow against a surface.
2. (v.i.) ricochet
to move in this way.
Etymology: (1760–70; < F)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) ricochet, carom
a glancing rebound
2. (verb) bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet
spring back; spring away from an impact
"The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
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1. (verb) ricochet
to hit a surface and bounce in another direction
A bullet ricocheted off the wall behind us.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) ricochet
a rebound or skipping, as of a ball along the ground when a gun is fired at a low angle of elevation, or of a fiat stone thrown along the surface of water
2. (verb) ricochet
to operate upon by ricochet firing. See Ricochet, n
3. (verb) ricochet
to skip with a rebound or rebounds, as a flat stone on the surface of water, or a cannon ball on the ground. See Ricochet, n
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Sense: to hit something and bounce away at an angle
The bullet ricocheted off the wall.
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 Afrikaans: terugspring |
 Arabic: يَرْتَد |
 Bulgarian: рикошет |
 Brazilian: ricochetear |
 Czech: odrazit se |
 German: abprallen |
 Danish: rikochettere |
 Greek: εξοστρακίζομαι |
 Spanish: rebotar |
 Estonian: rikošeteerima |
 Farsi: کمانه کردن؛ با گلوله کمان |
 Finnish: kimmota |
 French: ricocher |
 Hebrew: לְהִנָתֵז |
 Hindi: गोली का टकरा कर लौटना |
 Croatian: odrazno zrno |
 Hungarian: visszapattan |
 Indonesian: memantul |
 Icelandic: endurkastast |
 Italian: rimbalzare |
 Japanese: 飛びはねる |
 Korean: 스쳐 날다 |
 Lithuanian: rikošetuoti |
 Latvian: trāpīt/atlēkt ar rikošetu |
 Malay: melantun |
 Dutch: afketsen |
 Norwegian: slå tilbake, rikosjettere |
 Polish: odbić się rykoszetem |
 Persian: کمانه کردن؛ با گلوله کمان |
 Pashto: كوږووږ، غورزنګ، په ټوپوټو |
 Portuguese: fazer ricochete |
 Romanian: a ricoşa (din) |
 Russian: рикошетировать |
 Slovak: odraziť sa |
 Slovenian: odbiti se |
 Serbian: rikošetirati |
 Swedish: rikoschettera, studsa |
 Thai: เด้งกลับ |
 Turkish: sekmek |
 Taiwanese: 反彈 |
 Ukrainian: рикошет |
 Urdu: اچھلنا |
 Vietnamese: nẩy bật ra |
 Chinese: 弹回跳（弹）（使），跳飞 |
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