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caramboling

caramboling is the present participle and gerund 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 caramboling

What is caramboling the present participle and gerund of?
Caramboling is the present participle and gerund of carambole.

Words near caramboling in the dictionary

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

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