ricochet
/'rikəʃet/
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Definition
Noun:
- A glancing rebound: A ricochet is the rebound, bounce, or skip of a projectile (like a bullet or stone) after hitting a surface at an angle.
Verb:
- To spring back; to rebound off a surface: To ricochet means to bounce or glance off a surface, especially at an angle, after hitting it.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- The bullet hit the wall with a loud ricochet.
- We heard the ricochet of the stone across the frozen lake.
Verb:
- The bullet ricocheted off the metal door.
- The ball ricocheted between the two walls before coming to a stop.
Advanced Usage
- Used figuratively: The verb can describe ideas, sounds, or effects that rebound or are deflected indirectly.
- His harsh words ricocheted around the silent room.
- The economic shock ricocheted through global markets.
Variants and Related Words
- Ricocheted (verb, past tense): The past tense and past participle form.
- The hail ricocheted off the car's roof.
- Ricocheting (verb, present participle/gerund): The act of rebounding.
- We watched the puck ricocheting around the boards.
Synonyms
- Rebound: To spring back after impact.
- Glance: To strike a surface at an angle and deflect off it.
- Carom: To strike and rebound, especially in billiards or similar contexts.
- Deflect: To cause something to change direction by interposing something.
Related Phrases
- Ricochet effect: A situation where an action has unintended secondary consequences.
- The policy had a ricochet effect, hurting the very people it was meant to help.
- Ricochet fire: Gunfire aimed so that bullets will skip or rebound off a surface to hit a target.
- The soldiers used ricochet fire to hit enemies behind cover.
Verb
- spring back; spring away from an impact
- The rubber ball bounced
- These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide