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
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.
• (shot in which the cue ball strikes two balls): cannon (UK)
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.
carom (uncountable)
(spices) ajwain
• AMORC, Comar, Coram, Marco, croma, macro, macro-
Source: Wiktionary
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
22 November 2024
(noun) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
