ricochet

ricochet
I. noun Etymology: French Date: 1769 a glancing rebound (as of a projectile off a flat surface); also an object that ricochets II. intransitive verb (ricocheted; also ricochetted; ricocheting; also ricochetting) Date: 1828 to bounce or skip with or as if with a glancing rebound

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  • ricochet — (v.) 1758, originally in a military sense, from Fr. ricochet (n.) the skipping of a shot, or of a flat stone on water, in earliest use only in phrase fable du ricochet, an entertainment in which the teller of a tale skillfully evades questions,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Ricochet — Ric o*chet , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ricochetted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ricochetting}.] To operate upon by ricochet firing. See {Ricochet}, n. [R.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ricochet — [rik′ə shā΄, rik΄ə shā′; ] Brit [, rik′əshet΄] n. [Fr; used first in fable du ricochet (story in which the narrator constantly evades the hearers questions) < ?] 1. the oblique rebound or skipping of a bullet, stone, etc. after striking a… …   English World dictionary

  • Ricochet — Ric o*chet , n. [F.] A rebound or skipping, as of a ball along the ground when a gun is fired at a low angle of elevation, or of a fiat stone thrown along the surface of water. [1913 Webster] {Ricochet firing} (Mil.), the firing of guns or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ricochet — Ric o*chet , v. i. To skip with a rebound or rebounds, as a flat stone on the surface of water, or a cannon ball on the ground. See {Ricochet}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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