CAROM

carom, cannon

(noun) a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other

ricochet, carom

(noun) a glancing rebound

carom

(verb) make a carom

carom

(verb) rebound after hitting; “The car caromed off several lampposts”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

carom (countable and uncountable, plural caroms)

(countable, 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.

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

Synonyms

• (shot in which the cue ball strikes two balls): cannon (UK)

Verb

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

(intransitive) To make a carom (shot in billiards).

To strike and bounce back; to strike (something) and rebound.

Etymology 2

Noun

carom (uncountable)

(spices) ajwain

Anagrams

• AMORC, Comar, Coram, Marco, croma, macro, macro-

Source: Wiktionary

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Car"om, n. Etym: [Prob. corrupted fr. F. carumboler to carom, carambolage a carom, carambole the red ball in billiards.] (Billiards)

Definition: 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. In England it is called cannon.

Car"om, v. i. (Billiards)

Definition: To make a carom.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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