ricochet
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈɹɪkəʃeɪ/, /ˈɹɪkəʃɛt/
ricochet (plural ricochets)
- (military) A method of firing a projectile so that it skips along a surface.
- An instance of ricocheting; a glancing rebound.
- French: ricochet
- German: Querschuss, Querschläger
- Italian: rimbalzo
- Russian: рикоше́т
- Spanish: rebote
ricochet (ricochets, present participle ricocheting; past and past participle ricocheted)
- To rebound off something wildly in a seemingly random direction.
- 2018 June 24, Sam Wallace, "Harry Kane scores hat-trick as England hit Panama for six to secure World Cup knock-out qualification ↗," Telegraph (UK) (retrieved 24 June 2018):
- Everything that could go right for England did although they never felt lucky and they chuckled at Kane’s third that ricocheted off his heel while he was looking the other way.
- 2018 June 24, Sam Wallace, "Harry Kane scores hat-trick as England hit Panama for six to secure World Cup knock-out qualification ↗," Telegraph (UK) (retrieved 24 June 2018):
- (military) To operate upon by ricochet firing.
- French: ricocher
- German: abprallen, querschlagen
- Italian: rimbalzare
- Russian: бить рикоше́том
- Spanish: rebotar
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