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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)
3.
to make a carom.
4.
to strike and rebound.
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Word Origin & History
carom
1779, from Sp. carombola "the red ball in billiards," originally an orange tropical Asian fruit supposed to resemble a red billiard ball, from Marathi (southern Indian) karambal. The verb is 1860, from the noun.
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