Home / Dictionary / Ricochet

Ricochet Common

Ricochet has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

a glancing rebound

2

A method of firing a projectile so that it skips along a surface.

Verb
1

spring back; spring away from an impact

"The rubber ball bounced"

"These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"

2

To rebound off something wildly in a seemingly random direction.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
recoil jump
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
kick back skip carom
Rhyming Words
het chet khet shet whet thet akhet ashet bechet sachet cachet bushet cishet bochet cochet orchet maghet rachet gachet rochet
Compare
Ricochet vs