ricochet
IPA: rˈɪkʌʃeɪ
noun
- (military) A method of firing a projectile so that it skips along a surface.
- An instance of ricocheting; a glancing rebound.
verb
- To rebound off something wildly in a seemingly random direction.
- (military) To operate upon by ricochet firing.
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Examples of "ricochet" in Sentences
- I was still hearing Acer's name ricochet around the inside of my head.
- The angle of fire produces only a rare ricochet which is caught by the aforementioned dirt hill.
- For a dozen heartbeats Ferrol stared at the display, listening to the word ricochet around his brain.
- Q: Earlier this year you said you'd prefer the secondary be referred to as ricochet rather than toast.
- The senator says he'll now "ricochet" among South Carolina, Iowa and New Hampshire, starting with a Southern swing next week.
- One cannot help jumping when death, in the form of a piece of flying lead, hits the rail beside him, or the mast over his head, or whines away in a ricochet from the steel shrouds.
- I just didn't understand that the ricochet is the second part you can't hide what you intend, it glows in the dark once you start the path of revenge there's no way to stop the more I try to hurt you the more it hurts me strange, it seems like a character mutation though I have all the means of bringing you fuckers down
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