ricochet
noun
1 ricochet
A glancing rebound.
synonym: carom.
Roget 277: recoil; reaction, retroaction; revulsion; bounce, rebound, ricochet; repercussion, recalcitration†; kick, contrecoup [Fr.]; springing back etc. v.; ... show more
verb
1 ricochet
Spring back; spring away from an impact.
synonyms: bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, spring, take a hop.
Roget 277: recoil, react; spring back, fly back, bounce back, bound back; rebound, reverberate, repercuss†, recalcitrate†; echo, ricochet.
Dutch: veren, zwiepen
Moby thesaurus: backfire, backlash, backlashing, boomerang, bounce, bounce back, bound, bound back, cannon, cannon off, carom, contrecoup, dap, fly back, graze, have repercussions, kick, kick back, kickback, lash back ... show more.
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