carom

or car·rom

[ kar-uhm ]
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noun
  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.

verb (used without object)
  1. to make a carom.

  2. to strike and rebound.

Origin of carom

1
1770–80; by false analysis of carambole (taken as carom ball) <French <Spanish carambola, special use of fruit name; see carambola

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British Dictionary definitions for carom

carom

/ (ˈkærəm) /


noun
  1. billiards, US and Canadian : Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): cannon

    • a shot in which the cue ball is caused to contact one object ball after another

    • the points scored by this

Origin of carom

1
C18: from earlier carambole (taken as carom ball), from Spanish carambola

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