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; āThe car caromed off several lamppostsā
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 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
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