What is another word for ricochet?

Pronunciation: [ɹˈɪkəʃˌe͡ɪ] (IPA)

Synonyms for the word "ricochet" include rebound, bounce, carom, skip, and deflect. These words all describe the action of an object bouncing off a surface and changing direction. The term "rebound" is often used in sports such as basketball to describe the way a ball bounces off the backboard or rim. "Bounce" and "skip" are commonly used to describe the movement of balls or stones skipping across a body of water. "Carom" is a more specific term used in the game of billiards to describe the way a ball bounces off the edges of the table. All of these synonyms can be used interchangeably with "ricochet" to describe the action of an object bouncing off a surface.

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Usage examples for Ricochet

Only by a ricochet did he assail the French monarchy.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
A ricochet-anything will do.
"The Law-Breakers"
Ridgwell Cullum
How is he to escape this ricochet cross-firing of so many opposite batteries of police and regulation?
"The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VI. (of 12)"
Edmund Burke

Famous quotes with Ricochet

  • The road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers. Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years.
    Jacques Yves Cousteau
  • If you're in a forest, the quality of the echo is very strange because echoes back off so many surfaces of all those trees that you get this strange, itchy ricochet effect.
    Brian Eno

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