caroming

[kar-uhm]

car·om

[kar-uhm]
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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Caroming is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
Also, carrom.


Origin:
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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