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caramboles

caramboles is the plural of carambole.

Meaning of carambole

Verb

carambole (third-person singular simple present caramboles, present participle caramboling, simple past and past participle caramboled)

  1. (archaic) To play a carom shot.
    • If the player holes the red ball, he scores three, and upon holing his adversary's ball, he gains two; and thus it frequently happens, that seven are got upon a single stroke, by caramboling and holing both balls.1799, Sporting Magazine, volume 13, page 49

Questions about caramboles

What is caramboles the plural of?
Caramboles is the plural of carambole.

Words near caramboles in the dictionary

  1. carambola
  2. carambolas
  3. carambole
  4. carambole billiards
  5. caramboled
  6. caramboles
  7. caramboling
  8. caramboxin
  9. carame
  10. caramel
  11. caramel apple

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