carom

or car·rom

[ kar-uh m ]

/ ˈkær əm /

noun

Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.

any strike and rebound, as a ball striking a wall and glancing off.

verb (used without object)

to make a carom.

to strike and rebound.

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Origin of carom

1770–80; by false analysis of carambole (taken as carom ball) < French < Spanish carambola, special use of fruit name; see carambola

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In the last of the eighth Dean hit one that caromed off Griffith's shin, and by hard running the little catcher made second.
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At the door he tried to move aside but was too slow for the quick moving young woman who caromed off him.
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Allen blocked it with his chest and caromed it over to Swift.
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One shell “caromed” over three of the men, who were sleeping side by side, touching the very blanket that was over them.
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A fat one popped up out of the dirt crust almost between his toes and caromed off against an ankle.
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British Dictionary definitions for caromed

carom

/ (ˈkærəm) /

noun

billiards, US and Canadian

a shot in which the cue ball is caused to contact one object ball after another
the points scored by this

Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): cannon

Word Origin for carom

C18: from earlier carambole (taken as carom ball), from Spanish carambola

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Word Origin and History for caromed

carom

1860, from carom (n.). Related: Caromed; caroming.

carom

1779, earlier carambole (1775), from French carambole "the red ball in billiards," from Spanish carombola "the red ball in billiards," perhaps originally "fruit of the tropical Asian carambola tree," which is round and orange and supposed to resemble a red billiard ball; from Marathi (southern Indian) karambal. Originally a type of stroke involving the red ball:

If the Striker hits the Red and his Adversary's Ball with his own Ball he played with, he wins two Points; which Stroke is called a Carambole, or for Shortness, a Carrom. ["Hoyle's Games Improved," London, 1779]

carom

or car·rom

noun

verb (used without object)

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