RICOCHET Definition & Meaning

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ricochet

[ rik-uh-shey, rik-uh-sheyor, especially British, rik-uh-shet ]

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noun

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.

verb (used without object)

ricocheted ricocheting or (especially British) ricochetted ricochetting

to move by rebounding or deflecting from a surface, as a projectile.
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ricochet

/ ˈrɪkəˌʃeɪ; ˈrɪkəˌʃɛt /

verb

intr (esp of a bullet) to rebound from a surface or surfaces, usually with a characteristic whining or zipping sound

noun

the motion or sound of a rebounding object, esp a bullet
an object, esp a bullet, that ricochets

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of ricochet¹

First recorded in 1760–70; from French; further origin uncertain

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of ricochet¹

C18: from French, of unknown origin

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You can either volley, play off a bounce or let the ball ricochet off tempered glass walls before you hit it.

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“We’ve got a lot of young boys and girls on our street, and I worry that, God forbid, something might ricochet and hit them, or one of us, or one of our dogs.”

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A nurse has spoken about the moment he helped save the life of a three-year-old Palestinian girl with a bullet lodged in her neck after it had ricocheted through her mother's body.

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The consequences of the operation, he fears, could ricochet across the economy that powers farms, dairies and food processing plants.

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But that was happening in my life at the time we wrote it and made it, so it’s hard to say no entirely because these things always ricochet off each other.

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