carom

carom
Synonyms and related words:
appulse, backfire, backlash, backlashing, bang, bang into, boomerang, bounce, bounce back, bound, bound back, brunt, bulldozing, bulling, bump, bump into, cannon, cannon off, carambole, carom into, clash, collide, collision, come into collision, concuss, concussion, confront each other, contrecoup, crack up, crack-up, crash, crash into, crump, crunch, dap, dash into, encounter, fall foul of, fly back, foul, glance, graze, hammering, have repercussions, hit, hit against, hurt, hurtle, impact, impinge, impingement, kick, kick back, kickback, knock, knock against, lash back, mauling, meet, meeting, onslaught, percuss, percussion, ramming, rebound, rebuff, recalcitrate, recalcitration, recoil, repercuss, repercussion, repulse, resile, resilience, ricochet, run into, shock, sideswipe, skim, skip, slam into, sledgehammering, smack into, smash, smash into, smash up, smash-up, smashing, snap back, spring, spring back, strike, strike against, thrusting, whomp

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  • Carom — Car om, n. [Prob. corrupted fr. F. carumboler to carom, carambolage a carom, carambole the red ball in billiards.] (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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Carom — may refer to: * Ricochet * Carom billiards * Carom seeds or Ajwain, a spiceee also* Carrom, a family of tabletop games * Caromb, a commune in Vaucluse, France …   Wikipedia

  • Carom — Car om, v. i. (Billiards) To make a carom. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • carom — [kar′əm] n. [< Fr carambole < Sp carambola; orig., kind of fruit < Malay karambil] 1. Billiards any shot in which the cue ball bounces off a cushion or an object ball; specif., such a shot that successively hits the two object balls,… …   English World dictionary

  • carom — (n.) 1779, earlier carambole (1775), from Fr. carambole, from Sp. carombola the red ball in billiards, perhaps originally an orange tropical Asian fruit supposed to resemble a red billiard ball, from Marathi (southern Indian) karambal. The verb… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Carom — Carrom Carrom jeu de société Ce jeu appartient au domaine public. autre& …   Wikipédia en Français

  • carom — I. noun Etymology: by shortening & alteration from obsolete carambole, from Spanish carambola Date: 1779 1. a. a shot in billiards in which the cue ball strikes each of two object balls b. a shot in pool in which an object ball strikes another… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • carom — /kar euhm/, n. 1. Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession. 2. any strike and rebound, as a ball striking a wall and glancing off. v.i. 3. to make a carom. 4. to strike and rebound. Also, carrom. [1770 80; by… …   Universalium

  • carom — [ karəm] chiefly N. Amer. noun 1》 a cannon shot in billiards or pool. 2》 (also carom billiards) a game resembling billiards and depending on cannon shots for scoring. verb make a carom. Origin C18: abbrev. of carambole, from Sp. carambola, appar …   English new terms dictionary

  • carom — 1. noun ˈkærʌm a) 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 players ball; in England it is called cannon. b) An Indian game played on a board… …   Wiktionary

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