ricochet
the motion of an object or a projectile in rebounding or deflecting from a surface one or more times as a result of a glancing blow.
to move by rebounding or deflecting from a surface, as a projectile.
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How to use ricochet in a sentence
Ezra Klein also makes a compelling case that such ricochet legislating would be tamped down by voters holding both sides accountable for what they pass — or repeal.
A filibuster-free Senate? Here’s what Democrats and Republicans could pass. | Aaron Blake | June 23, 2021 | Washington PostLuck starts many, many years before scoring a goal that ricochet’s off a defender’s foot.
‘The Dream Architects’: Inside the making of gaming’s biggest franchises | Rachel King | September 1, 2020 | FortuneOvernight, a bar owner was shot in the leg by a ricochet bullet.
In Rome’s Riots, Cries for Mussolini and Attacks on Refugees | Barbie Latza Nadeau | November 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt the same time, there are those who ricochet between denial and rationalization.
As they talked, standing beside the river, Ren watched the flat stones he threw ricochet on the water.
The Red City | S. Weir Mitchell
The general ricochet of the whole over pits and prominences had the gravest pitch of the chime.
Return of the Native | Thomas HardyBut he glanced along the port side, like a toboggan down-hill, and he seemed to ricochet over the water.
Tales of Fishes | Zane GreyHis pistol barked once, sending a singing ricochet along the hall.
The Penal Cluster | Ivar Jorgensen (AKA Randall Garrett)Nothing could ruffle Tacony, or produce one false step: he flew round the course, every stride like the ricochet of a 32lb.
Lands of the Slave and the Free | Henry A. Murray
British Dictionary definitions for ricochet
/ (ˈrɪkəˌʃeɪ, ˈrɪkəˌʃɛt) /
(intr) (esp of a bullet) to rebound from a surface or surfaces, usually with a characteristic whining or zipping sound
the motion or sound of a rebounding object, esp a bullet
an object, esp a bullet, that ricochets
Origin of ricochet
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