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ric·o·chet

(rĭk′ə-shā′, rĭk′ə-shā′)

intr.v. ric·o·cheted (-shād′), ric·o·chet·ing (-shā′ĭng), ric·o·chets (-shāz′)

To rebound at least once from a surface.

The act or an instance of ricocheting.

[French, from Old French, give-and-take.]

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ricochet

(ˈrɪkəˌʃeɪ; ˈrɪkəˌʃɛt)

vb, -chets, -cheting (-ˌʃeɪɪŋ) , -cheted (-ˌʃeɪd) , -chets, -chetting (-ˌʃɛtɪŋ) or -chetted (-ˌʃɛtɪd)

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

1. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) the motion or sound of a rebounding object, esp a bullet

2. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) an object, esp a bullet, that ricochets

[C18: from French, of unknown origin]

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ric•o•chet

(ˌrɪk əˈʃeɪ, ˈrɪk əˌʃeɪ; esp. Brit. ˈrɪk əˌʃɛt)

n., v. -cheted (-ˈʃeɪd, -ˌʃeɪd)
-chet•ing (-ˈʃeɪ ɪŋ, -ˌʃeɪ ɪŋ)
or (esp. Brit.) -chet•ted (-ˌʃɛt ɪd)
-chet•ting (-ˌʃɛt ɪŋ) n.

1. the rebound or skip of an object or projectile after it hits a glancing blow against a surface.

v.i.

2. to move in this way.

[1760–70; < French]

ricochet

Past participle: ricocheted
Gerund: ricocheting

Imperative
ricochet
ricochet

Present
I ricochet
you ricochet
he/she/it ricochets
we ricochet
you ricochet
they ricochet

Preterite
I ricocheted
you ricocheted
he/she/it ricocheted
we ricocheted
you ricocheted
they ricocheted

Present Continuous
I am ricocheting
you are ricocheting
he/she/it is ricocheting
we are ricocheting
you are ricocheting
they are ricocheting

Present Perfect
I have ricocheted
you have ricocheted
he/she/it has ricocheted
we have ricocheted
you have ricocheted
they have ricocheted

Past Continuous
I was ricocheting
you were ricocheting
he/she/it was ricocheting
we were ricocheting
you were ricocheting
they were ricocheting

Past Perfect
I had ricocheted
you had ricocheted
he/she/it had ricocheted
we had ricocheted
you had ricocheted
they had ricocheted

Future
I will ricochet
you will ricochet
he/she/it will ricochet
we will ricochet
you will ricochet
they will ricochet

Future Perfect
I will have ricocheted
you will have ricocheted
he/she/it will have ricocheted
we will have ricocheted
you will have ricocheted
they will have ricocheted

Future Continuous
I will be ricocheting
you will be ricocheting
he/she/it will be ricocheting
we will be ricocheting
you will be ricocheting
they will be ricocheting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been ricocheting
you have been ricocheting
he/she/it has been ricocheting
we have been ricocheting
you have been ricocheting
they have been ricocheting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been ricocheting
you will have been ricocheting
he/she/it will have been ricocheting
we will have been ricocheting
you will have been ricocheting
they will have been ricocheting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been ricocheting
you had been ricocheting
he/she/it had been ricocheting
we had been ricocheting
you had been ricocheting
they had been ricocheting

Conditional
I would ricochet
you would ricochet
he/she/it would ricochet
we would ricochet
you would ricochet
they would ricochet

Past Conditional
I would have ricocheted
you would have ricocheted
he/she/it would have ricocheted
we would have ricocheted
you would have ricocheted
they would have ricocheted

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Noun	1.	ricochet - a glancing rebound carom backlash, rebound, recoil, repercussion - a movement back from an impact
Verb	1.	ricochet - spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" bounce, rebound, take a hop, resile, spring, recoil, bound, reverberate kick back, recoil, kick - spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder" bound off, skip - bound off one point after another carom - rebound after hitting; "The car caromed off several lampposts" bound, jump, leap, spring - move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"

ricochet

verb

To strike a surface at such an angle as to be deflected:

carom, dap, glance, graze, skim, skip.

Translations

يَرْتَد

odrazit se

rikochettere

abprallen

εξοστρακισμός

kimmota

ricocher ricochet rebondir

endurkastast

rimbalzare rimbalzo

rikošetuoti

trāpīt/atlēkt ar rikošetu

rikosjettere

рикошет

sekmek

弹回跳飞

ricochet

[ˈrɪkəʃeɪ]

A. N [of stone, bullet] → rebote m

B. VI → rebotar (off de)

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ricochet

[ˈrɪkəʃeɪ]

n → ricochet m

vi → ricocher
to ricochet off sth → ricocher sur qch

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ricochet

n → Abprall m

vi → abprallen (off von); the stone ricocheted off the water → der Stein hüpfte auf dem Wasser

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ricochet

[ˈrɪkəˌʃeɪ]

1. n → rimbalzo

2. vi to ricochet (off) → rimbalzare (contro)

ricochet

(ˈrikəʃei) – past tense, past participle ˈricochetted (-ʃeid) – verb

to hit something and bounce away at an angle. The bullet ricocheted off the wall.

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It was but a short time after that that Tudor tried the same trick on him, the bullets pattering about him like spiteful rain, thudding into the palm trunks, or glancing off in whining ricochets. The last bullet of all, making a double ricochet from two different trees and losing most of its momentum, struck Sheldon a sharp blow on the forehead and dropped at his feet.

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We had no ricochet to fear, and though one popped in through the roof of the log-house and out again through the floor, we soon got used to that sort of horse-play and minded it no more than cricket.

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The bullet of your thought must have overcome its lateral and ricochet motion and fallen into its last and steady course before it reaches the ear of the hearer, else it may plow out again through the side of his head.

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The guns of the THUNDER CHILD sounded through the reek, going off one after the other, and one shot splashed the water high close by the steamer, ricocheted towards the other flying ships to the north, and smashed a smack to matchwood.

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