ricochet

ricochet
Synonyms and related words:
backfire, backlash, backlashing, boomerang, bounce, bounce back, bound, bound back, cannon, cannon off, carom, contrecoup, dap, fly back, graze, have repercussions, kick, kick back, kickback, lash back, rebound, rebuff, recalcitrate, recalcitration, recoil, repercuss, repercussion, repulse, resile, resilience, skim, skip, snap back, spring, spring back

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  • ricochet — [ rikɔʃɛ ] n. m. • 1604; fable du Ricochet XIIIe; de ri, o. i., et coq, cochet; chans. à ritournelle où le mot coq revient 1 ♦ Rebond d un objet plat lancé obliquement sur la surface de l eau, ou d un projectile renvoyé par le sol ou un corps dur …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Ricochet — (französisch für Auf / Abprall) bezeichnet: Ricochet (Sport), Racket Sportart eine Technik beim Spiel von Streichinstrumenten, siehe Strichart das erste Live Album der Band Tangerine Dream Ricochet – Der Aufprall, Film von 1991 Ricochet… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Ricochet —   [rikɔ ʃɛ; französisch »Abprall«] das, , aus den Niederlanden stammendes, dem Squash und Racquetball ähnliches Rückschlagspiel, das als Einzel oder Doppel gespielt wird. Sportstätte ist ein Raum (»Court«) von 8 m Länge, 5,5 m Breite und 2,7 m… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • ricochet — (v.) 1758, originally in a military sense, from Fr. ricochet (n.) the skipping of a shot, or of a flat stone on water, in earliest use only in phrase fable du ricochet, an entertainment in which the teller of a tale skillfully evades questions,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Ricochet — Ric o*chet , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ricochetted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ricochetting}.] To operate upon by ricochet firing. See {Ricochet}, n. [R.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ricochet — [rik′ə shā΄, rik΄ə shā′; ] Brit [, rik′əshet΄] n. [Fr; used first in fable du ricochet (story in which the narrator constantly evades the hearers questions) < ?] 1. the oblique rebound or skipping of a bullet, stone, etc. after striking a… …   English World dictionary

  • Ricochet — Ric o*chet , n. [F.] 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. [1913 Webster] {Ricochet firing} (Mil.), the firing of guns or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ricochet — Ric o*chet , v. i. 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ricochet — Ricochet, La chanson du ricochet, Asystaton, Asystatos cantilena, vt Asystatum argumentum, quod exitum non habet, B …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • ricochet — RICOCHET. s. m. Bond que fait une pierre plate, ou quelque autre chose semblable qu on jette, & qu on fait glisser sur la surface de l eau. Cette pierre plate & legere est bonne à faire des ricochets. il a fait quatre ricochets. On dit prov. C… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

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