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ricochet

Syllables: ric·o·chet/ˈɹɪk.ə.ʃeɪ/

ricochet noun: a method of firing a projectile so that it skips along a surface.

Noun

ricochet (plural ricochets)

  1. A method of firing a projectile so that it skips along a surface.
  2. An instance of ricocheting; a glancing rebound.
    • And you've not been hit / By flying lead / You'd better close your eyes / Bow your head / Wait for the ricochet1970, “Child in Time”, in Deep Purple in Rock, performed by Deep Purple

Verb

ricochet (third-person singular simple present ricochets, present participle ricocheting or (especially UK) ricochetting, simple past and past participle ricocheted or (especially UK) ricochetted)

  1. To rebound off something wildly in a seemingly random direction.
    • Everything that could go right for England did although they never felt lucky and they chuckled at Kane’s third that ricocheted off his heel while he was looking the other way.2018 June 24, Sam Wallace, “Harry Kane scores hat-trick as England hit Panama for six to secure World Cup knock-out qualification”, in Telegraph (UK), retrieved 24 Jun 2018
    • The truth is that our love / Will ricochet through eternity2023, “It Must Change”, in My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross, performed by ANOHNI
  2. To operate upon by ricochet firing.

ricochet meaning in Urdu, Kannada, Malay and Vietnamese

ricochet in Urdu

چھچھل

ricochet in Kannada

ಚಿಮ್ಮು, ಪುಟಿದೇಳು, ಕುಪ್ಪಳಿಸು

ricochet in Malay

an instance of ricocheting
lantunan
to rebound
melantun

ricochet in Vietnamese

an instance of ricocheting
đạn nảy

Examples of ricochet in a sentence

  • Often, I left a bruise: the blade's tip ricocheting off chestguards onto skin.
  • Before you have a chance to react, it's ricocheted from winger to centreman to net.
  • The rekick ricocheted off an upright, the Broncos eventually won the game and a fad was born.

All 12 example sentences with ricochet

Forms of ricochet

Noun
pluralricochets
Verb
third-person singular presentricochets
present participlericocheting
present participle UK especiallyricochetting
past participlericocheted
pastricocheted
past participle UK especiallyricochetted
past UK especiallyricochetted

Plural of ricochet: ricochets

Origin of ricochet

Borrowed from French ricochet, of uncertain origin.

Words formed from ricochet

Words that rhyme with ricochet

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Questions about ricochet

What does ricochet mean?
Ricochet means a method of firing a projectile so that it skips along a surface.
What is ricochet in Urdu?
Ricochet in Urdu is چھچھل. See Ricochet meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is ricochet?
Ricochet can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce ricochet?
Ricochet is pronounced /ˈɹɪk.ə.ʃeɪ/ (UK).
What is the plural of ricochet?
The plural of ricochet is ricochets.

Words near ricochet in the dictionary

  1. RickyLeaks
  2. Ricla
  3. RICO
  4. Rico Suave
  5. Rico Suaves
  6. ricochet
  7. ricochetal
  8. ricocheted
  9. ricocheting
  10. ricochets
  11. ricochetted

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ricochet (page history and authors); ricochet (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ricochet (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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