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Meanings of ricochet in English

Portuguese
saltar

Spring back; spring away from an impact.

saltar
Spanish
carambola

A glancing rebound.

carambola
Usage of ricochet in English
1
As an apical ricochet it corresponds with the Lee-Metford shown in fig.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 / Being Mainly a...
2
The ricochet went right to Atkinson at center ice for the break.
Reuters
3
These can ricochet off walls and can be charged for maximum damage.
The Irish Times
4
There's an ear-stinging ricochet a fraction of a second after the shot.
The Jennifer Morgue
5
Pity, as talented songwriters and bands ricochet from top to bottom here.
The Irish Times
6
He felt a shot hit and ricochet from one of the eighteen-pounders.
In the King's name
7
You can wing it, if you want, and hope for a good ricochet.
Ahsoka
8
However, the bolt made a sound passably akin to a ricochet.
Fire With Fire
9
Weapons fire sounds from the walls ahead, and bullets ricochet off the shields.
Armageddon's Children
10
Truth is the ricochet of a prejudice bouncing off a fact.
Mince Pie
11
His pistol barked once, sending a singing ricochet along the hall.
The Penal Cluster
12
One of those ricochet cannon balls struck my old friend, N. B. Shepard.
"Co. Aytch," Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment / Or, A Side ...
13
He fired, risking a ricochet, and it squealed and ran off.
The Slab
14
What you're likely to get is killed by ricochet or peppered with splinters.
Rebel island
15
The slug may ricochet off the skull and kill someone else.
Poe's children: the new horror : an anthology
16
The consequences of this will ricochet into society, Willetts warns.
The Guardian
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Translations for ricochet
Portuguese
saltar
Ricochet through the time
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common