ricochet

Speech parts

1. ricochet - Noun

2. ricochet - Verb

Meaning

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.

To operate upon by ricochet firing. See Ricochet, n.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bound bounce recoil rebound carom return spring skip deflect reverberate resile spring back take a hop glance off echo
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Antonyms

foundation still work last cause base
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Hypernyms

spring bound jump leap recoil backlash

Hyponyms

kick recoil skip carom kick back bound off

Phrases with the word

ricochet off

Derivatives

ricochetted ricochetting

Examples

If you're in a forest, the quality of the echo is very strange because echoes back off so many surfaces of all those trees that you get this strange, itchy ricochet effect. Brian Eno

Truth is the ricochet of a prejudice bouncing off a fact. Christopher Morley

The road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers. Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years. Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Stephen Colbert has such a loyal following; I don't know if it's the same with Jay Leno; he really inspires love in people, and there can be a lucky ricochet of that for some people. Lisa Hannigan

The rubber ball bounced Source: Internet

These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

RICO RICO Act Rico Suave ricochet off ricochetal ricochetted