About The Word Ricochet
Learn about the word Ricochet to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Ricochet definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Ricochet
| Ricochet Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Ricochet?
[n] a glancing rebound
[v] spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" Synonyms | Synonyms for Ricochet: bounce | bound | carom | rebound | recoil | resile | reverberate | spring | take a hop Related Terms | Find terms related to Ricochet: See Also | backlash | bound off | carom | glance | jump | kick | kick back | leap | rebound | recoil | repercussion | skip Ricochet In Webster's Dictionary \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.
{Ricochet firing} (Mil.), the firing of guns or howitzers,
usually with small charges, at an elevation of only a few
degrees, so as to cause the balls or shells to bound or
skip along the ground.
\Ric`o*chet"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ricochetted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ricochetting}.] To operate upon by ricochet firing. See {Ricochet}, n. [R.] \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. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Dreadful ‐ causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk";…
- Fahrenheit scale ‐ a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water…
- Tetragrammaton ‐ four Hebrew letters (usually transliterated as YHWH (Yahweh)…
- Research worker ‐ a scientist who devotes himself to…
- Hamitic language ‐ a group of North African languages related…
- Yellow lupine ‐ yellow-flowered European lupine cultivated…
- Israeli ‐ a native or inhabitant of Israel [adj] of or relating to or characteristic…
- Bird-scarer ‐ an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away…
- Smoothbore ‐ of a firearm; not having rifling or internal spiral grooves inside…
- Affective disorder ‐ any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities…