CAROM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carom mean? 

• CAROM (noun)
  The noun CAROM has 2 senses:

1. a glancing rebound

2. a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other

  Familiarity information: CAROM used as a noun is rare.

• CAROM (verb)
  The verb CAROM has 2 senses:

1. rebound after hitting

2. make a carom

  Familiarity information: CAROM used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAROM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A glancing rebound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

carom; ricochet

Hypernyms ("carom" is a kind of...):

backlash; rebound; recoil; repercussion (a movement back from an impact)

Derivation:

carom (rebound after hitting)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

cannon; carom

Hypernyms ("carom" is a kind of...):

shot; stroke ((sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand)

Holonyms ("carom" is a part of...):

billiards (any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls)

pocket billiards; pool (any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets)

Derivation:

carom (make a carom)

• CAROM (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rebound after hitting

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

The car caromed off several lampposts

Hypernyms (to "carom" is one way to...):

bounce; bound; rebound; recoil; resile; reverberate; ricochet; spring; take a hop (spring back; spring away from an impact)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

carom (a glancing rebound)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make a carom

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "carom" is one way to...):

shoot (throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective)

Domain category:

billiards (any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

carom (a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other)