Ricochet

Quick meaning: Ricochet is a noun meaning (military) A method of firing a projectile so that it skips along a surface.

Meaning

(military) A method of firing a projectile so that it skips along a surface.

More Meanings

1. An instance of ricocheting; a glancing rebound.
2. To rebound off something wildly in a seemingly random direction.
3. (military) To operate upon by ricochet firing.

Example Sentences

The truth is that our love / Will ricochet through eternity

And you've not been hit / By flying lead / You'd better close your eyes / Bow your head / Wait for the ricochet

Everything that could go right for England did although they never felt lucky and they chuckled at Kane’s third that ricocheted off his heel while he was looking the other way.

Before the interval an Alibade strike ricocheted off the back of Bright after Ifeoma Onumonu’s cutback. Then in added time Uchenna Kanu smacked a header off the top of the bar.

Word Forms

• ricochets
• ricocheting
• ricochetting
• ricocheted
• ricochetted

Synonyms for ricochet

Depending on context, synonyms include recoil, spring, rebound, carom, bounce, bound.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bounce, spring, rebound, recoil, carom, bound.

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