to carom

Examples

• All

• And the better hitters could hit fly balls that cleared the entire field, only to carom off branches in the pines, pinballing to earth.

  Academic text (2007)

• She bounces and caroms off the sides like a mad pinball.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Lets out a cry as they carom off the Cadillac.

  Fiction book (1997)

• The ball then caroms towards the stands, where a fan walking towards the exit gets taken out.

  Blog text (9)

• Caroms off a table and bounces head over heels.

  Fiction book (1996)

• The ball caroms off the hardwood into the gutter. # JACK #

  Fiction book (2000)

• "I don't believe those people," Gary said after tossing his lapboard across the office and watching it carom off the wall.

  Fiction book (2001)

• The light seemed to carom off the water into the bedroom windows, and she knew without asking that he'd had no waking, no pacing, no black dreams.

  Fiction book (1993)

• As the player struck the cue ball, it started to carom off the side cushions and back towards the center of the table.

• When the baseball hit the bat, it caromed off and flew high into the air.

Synonyms

B

to bounce

vsto carom

391 1.3

To move quickly away from a surface after hitting it, moving up and down in a springy way

is narrower, meaning a rebound that typically leaves at an angle

B

to bounce off

vsto carom

70 3.4

To hit a surface and move away from it

is the same action but usually implies an angled departure

R

to ricochet

vsto carom

24 7.7

To bounce off a surface at an angle after hitting it

occurs when something strikes and leaves the surface at an angle

R

to rebound

vsto carom

4 2.9

To spring back after hitting something

is used more for leaving at an angle than simple springing back

B

to bound

vsto carom

1 4.4

To hit a surface and bounce away

focuses more on leaving at an angle than a straight spring away

How Hard

to ricochet

24 7.7

to bounce

391 1.3

to carom

• US

2 9.5

to tap

98 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology