carom
or car·rom
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
any strike and rebound, as a ball striking a wall and glancing off.
to make a carom.
to strike and rebound.
Origin of carom
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How to use carom in a sentence
Finally, once I made a great fluke—a carom, followed by most of the balls falling into the pockets.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineHe learned to play French carom and pyramid pool,—every thing in fact.
A Russian Proprietor | Lyof N. TolstoiThe pig now lay still, and satisfied that he had killed it, he tried to repeat the carom, but failed.
"Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea | Morgan RobertsonThe three-ball carom game is the recognized form of American billiards.
If he does so after making a carom the carom does not count, he forfeits one, and his break is ended.
British Dictionary definitions for carom
/ (ˈkærəm) /
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
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