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The meaning of RICOCHET is a glancing rebound (as of a projectile off a flat surface); also : an object that ricochets. How to use ricochet in a sentence.
Ricochet definition: the motion of an object or a projectile in rebounding or deflecting from a surface one or more times as a result of a glancing blow.. See examples of RICOCHET used in a sentence.
A projectile that bounces off another surface is said to ricochet. You missed when you threw your crumpled paper at the wastepaper basket. Instead, the paper ricocheted off the wall and hit your brother on the head.
noun [ C or U ] uk / ˈrɪk.ə.ʃeɪ / us / ˈrɪk.ə.ʃeɪ /. a ball or bullet that hits a surface and moves away from it at an angle, or an occasion when this happens : He was hit by a ricochet from a stray bullet. Their second goal was a ricochet.
1. (intransitive) (esp of a bullet) to rebound from a surface or surfaces, usually with a characteristic whining or zipping sound. noun. 2. the motion or sound of a rebounding object, esp a bullet. 3. an object, esp a bullet, that ricochets. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
noun [ C or U ] us / ˈrɪk.ə.ʃeɪ / uk / ˈrɪk.ə.ʃeɪ /. a ball or bullet that hits a surface and moves away from it at an angle, or an occasion when this happens : He was hit by a ricochet from a stray bullet. Their second goal was a ricochet.
To rebound off something wildly in a seemingly random direction. (military) To operate upon by ricochet firing. The oblique rebound or skipping of a bullet, stone, etc. after striking a surface at an angle. The act or an instance of ricocheting.
Britannica Dictionary definition of RICOCHET. 1. [count] : something (such as a bullet or stone) that ricochets off a surface. He was hit by a ricochet. 2. [noncount] : the action of ricocheting off a surface. the ricochet of the bullet off the wall.
Definition of ricochet verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definition of ricochet noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
