ricochet
noun
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.
had ricochetted
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past perfectof ricochet.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Striking the water within twenty yards of its objective, the missile had ricochetted, and had shattered the torpedo-boat's foremost funnel.
From The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
Now and then a bullet would have a hoarse sound—that meant that it had ricochetted.
From Crittenden A Kentucky Story of Love and War by John Fox
Dave had ricochetted ever since between amusement and chagrin at her generalship.
From The Cow Puncher by Robert J. C. Stead
