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ricochetting

ricochetting is the present participle and gerund of ricochet.

Meaning of ricochet

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
  2. To operate upon by ricochet firing.

See all 4 meanings of ricochet

Questions about ricochetting

What is ricochetting the present participle and gerund of?
Ricochetting is the present participle and gerund of ricochet.

Words near ricochetting in the dictionary

  1. ricochetal
  2. ricocheted
  3. ricocheting
  4. ricochets
  5. ricochetted
  6. ricochetting
  7. ricolite
  8. ricolites
  9. Ricos
  10. ricotta
  11. ricottas

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