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RICOCHET

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: ricochetted    , ricochetting   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A glancing rebound

Synonyms:

carom; ricochet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("ricochet" is a kind of...):

backlash; rebound; recoil; repercussion (a movement back from an impact)

Derivation:

ricochet (spring back; spring away from an impact)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spring back; spring away from an impact

Example:

These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "ricochet" is one way to...):

bound; jump; leap; spring (move forward by leaps and bounds)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ricochet"):

kick; kick back; recoil (spring back, as from a forceful thrust)

bound off; skip (bound off one point after another)

carom (rebound after hitting)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

ricochet (a glancing rebound)

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