Ricochet : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Ricochet	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Ricochet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ricochet n a glancing rebound Synonym(s): ricochet, carom v spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" Synonym(s): bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ricochet \Ric`ochet"\, n. [F.] A rebound or skipping, as of a ball along the ground when a gun is fired at a low angle of elevation, or of a fiat stone thrown along the surface of water. {Ricochet* firing} (Mil.), the firing of guns or howitzers, usually with small charges, at an elevation of only a few degrees, so as to cause the balls or shells to bound or skip along the ground.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ricochet \Ric`ochet"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ricochetted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ricochetting}.] To operate upon by ricochet* firing. See {Ricochet}, n. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ricochet \Ric`o*chet"\, v. i. To skip with a rebound or rebounds, as a flat stone on the surface of water, or a cannon ball on the ground. See {Ricochet}, n.