carom
or car·rom
- 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.
- to make a carom.
- to strike and rebound.
Origin of carom
Examples from the Web for caroming
Historical Examples of caroming
Kenniston's shoulder hit the captain and sent him caroming into Murdock.
The World with a Thousand MoonsEdmond Hamilton
Allan plunged down into the darkness, caroming from wall to wall as he half ran, half fell, down the twisting stairs.
When the Sleepers WokeArthur Leo Zagat
Screaming insanely the people rushed about the chamber, caroming from one another, stumbling and falling.
Red NailsRobert E. Howard
We simply fell over the cliff, plunging, caroming, and ricocheting down through the masses of vegetation.
In AfricaJohn T. McCutcheon
"Just a lady and a bossy," said the Girl, as she reined in the Pony abruptly, and sent the Bossy caroming off into the bushes.
The Sick-a-Bed LadyEleanor Hallowell Abbott
carom
- 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
Word Origin for carom
Word Origin and History for caroming
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]