carom

UK /ˈkæɹəm/ US /ˈkæɹəm/
noun 3verb 2

Definitions

noun

1

A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball.

2

A billiard-like Indian game in which players take turns flicking checker-like pieces into one of four goals on the corners of a board measuring one meter by one meter.

He loved playing carrom in his free time.

verb

1

To make a carom (shot in billiards).

2

To strike and bounce back; to strike (something) and rebound.

[T]he grubit bombs went rolling back and forth over our feet, fetching up against the sides of the car with a crash. The big Red Guard, whose name was Vladimir Nicolaievitch, plied me with questions about America […] while we held on to each other and danced amid the caroming bombs.

Snow filled her mouth. She caromed off things she never saw, tumbling through a cluttered canyon like a steel marble falling through pins in a pachinko machine.

noun

1

Ajwain.

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