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ricochet
[ rik-uh-shey, rik-uh-sheyor, especially British, rik-uh-shet ]
noun
- the motion of an object or a projectile in rebounding or deflecting from a surface one or more times as a result of a glancing blow.
verb (used without object)
ricochet
/ ˈrɪkəˌʃɛt; ˈrɪkəˌʃeɪ /
verb
- intr (esp of a bullet) to rebound from a surface or surfaces, usually with a characteristic whining or zipping sound
noun
- the motion or sound of a rebounding object, esp a bullet
- an object, esp a bullet, that ricochets
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Origin of ricochet1
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Origin of ricochet1
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Example Sentences
Overnight, a bar owner was shot in the leg by a ricochet bullet.
At the same time, there are those who ricochet between denial and rationalization.
As they talked, standing beside the river, Ren watched the flat stones he threw ricochet on the water.
The general ricochet of the whole over pits and prominences had the gravest pitch of the chime.
But he glanced along the port side, like a toboggan down-hill, and he seemed to ricochet over the water.
His pistol barked once, sending a singing ricochet along the hall.
Nothing could ruffle Tacony, or produce one false step: he flew round the course, every stride like the ricochet of a 32lb.
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