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ric⋅o⋅chet
[rik-uh-shey, rik-uh-shey or, especially Brit., rik-uh-shet] 
noun, verb, -cheted [-sheyd, -sheyd] , -chet⋅ing [-shey-ing, -shey-ing] or (especially British
) -chet⋅ted [-shet-id] , -chet⋅ting [-shet-ing] .–noun
| 1. | the motion of an object or a projectile in rebounding or deflecting one or more times from the surface over which it is passing or against which it hits a glancing blow. |
–verb (used without object)
| 2. | to move in this way, as a projectile. |
Origin:
1760–70; < F; orig. uncert.
1760–70; < F; orig. uncert.
Synonyms:
2. rebound, deflect, glance.
2. rebound, deflect, glance.
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| ric·o·chet (rĭk'ə-shā', rĭk'ə-shā') intr.v. ric·o·cheted (-shād'), ric·o·chet·ing (-shā'ĭng), ric·o·chets (-shāz') To rebound at least once from a surface. n. The act or an instance of ricocheting. [French, from Old French, give-and-take.] |
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Ricochet
Ric`o*chet"\, n. [F.] A rebound or skipping, as of a ball along the ground when a gun is fired at a low angle of elevation, or of a fiat stone thrown along the surface of water. Ricochet firing (Mil.), the firing of guns or howitzers, usually with small charges, at an elevation of only a few degrees, so as to cause the balls or shells to bound or skip along the ground.Ricochet
Ric`o*chet"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ricochetted; p. pr. & vb. n. Ricochetting.] To operate upon by ricochet firing. See Ricochet, n. [R.]Ricochet
Ric`o*chet"\, v. i. To skip with a rebound or rebounds, as a flat stone on the surface of water, or a cannon ball on the ground. See Ricochet, n.
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Language Translation for : ricochet
Spanish:
rebotar,
German:
abprallen,
Japanese:
飛びはねる
ricochet (v.)
1758, originally in a military sense, from Fr. ricochet (n.) "the skipping of a shot, or of a flat stone on water," in earliest use only in phrase fable du ricochet, an entertainment in which the teller of a tale skillfully evades questions, and chanson du ricochet, a kind of repetitious song; of uncertain origin. The noun is attested from 1769.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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