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caromed

caromed is the simple past and past participle of carom.

Meaning of carom

Verb

carom (third-person singular simple present caroms, present participle caroming, simple past and past participle caromed)

  1. (intransitive) To make a carom (shot in billiards).
  2. To strike and bounce back; to strike (something) and rebound.
    • [T]he grubit bombs went rolling back and forth over our feet, fetching up against the sides of the car with a crash. The big Red Guard, whose name was Vladimir Nicolaievitch, plied me with questions about America […] while we held on to each other and danced amid the caroming bombs.1922, John Reed, Ten Days that Shook the World

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Questions about caromed

What is caromed the simple past and past participle of?
Caromed is the simple past and past participle of carom.

Words near caromed in the dictionary

  1. carom
  2. carom billiards
  3. carom plug
  4. carom plugs
  5. Caromatan
  6. caromed
  7. caromel
  8. caromels
  9. caroming
  10. caroms
  11. caron

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