RICOCHETTED

RICOCHET

bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet

(verb) spring back; spring away from an impact; “The rubber ball bounced”; “These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

ricochetted

simple past tense and past participle of ricochet

Source: Wiktionary


RICOCHET

Ric`o*chet", n. Etym: [F.]

Definition: 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. Ricochet firing (Mil.), the firing of guns or howitzers, usually with small charges, at an elevation of only a few degrees, so as to cause the balls or shells to bound or skip along the ground.

Ric`o*chet", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ricochetted; p. pr. & vb. n. Ricochetting.]

Definition: To operate upon by ricochet firing. See Ricochet, n. [R.]

Ric`o*chet", v. i.

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 January 2025

DERMATOGLYPHICS

(noun) the study of the whorls and loops and arches in the fingertips and on the palms of the hand and the soles of the feet; “some criminologists specialize in dermatoglyphics”


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