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ricochetted

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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.


2. rebound, deflect, glance.
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