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.
ricochetted
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past participleof ricochet.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof ricochet.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
ricochetnounthe 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.
Example Sentences
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Marjorie, by the way of answer, hit her ball so that it jumped and missed his, ricochetted across the lawn and out of the ground on the further side.
From Marriage by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
The bits of ice flew up smartly, and the ball must have ricochetted; for we saw the ice fly up again quite near the bear, and then at another point beyond him.
From Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' by C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens
It ricochetted and struck again half a mile outside.
From The Boys of '98 by James Otis
The missile passed a few feet in front of the tramp's bows, and, throwing up a shower of spray that burst inboard on the British vessel's fo'c'sle, ricochetted a mile or so away.
From The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War by Edward S. Hodgson
Overhead the lightning crackled and the thunder ricochetted from the distant hills.
From The Corner House Girls on a Tour Where they went, what they saw, and what they found by Grace Brooks Hill
