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a ball or bullet that hits a surface and moves away from it at an angle, or an occasion when this happens : He was hit by a ricochet from a stray bullet. Their second goal was a ricochet. Synonyms. bounce (MOVEMENT) rebound. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of RICOCHET is a glancing rebound (as of a projectile off a flat surface); also : an object that ricochets. How to use ricochet in a sentence.
A ricochet (/ ˈrɪkəʃeɪ / RIK-ə-shay; French: [ʁikɔʃɛ]) is a rebound, bounce, or skip off a surface, particularly in the case of a projectile. Most ricochets are caused by accident and while the force of the deflection decelerates the projectile, it can still be energetic and almost as dangerous as before the deflection.
As a noun, ricochet refers to the rebound or to the object that ricochets. If someone shoots a bullet and it ricochets off a tree, you can survive the initial gunfire only to be caught by the ricochet.
a ball or bullet that hits a surface and moves away from it at an angle, or an occasion when this happens : He was hit by a ricochet from a stray bullet. Their second goal was a ricochet. Synonyms. bounce (MOVEMENT) rebound. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
noun. 1. the oblique rebound or skipping of a bullet, stone, etc. after striking a surface at an angle. 2. a bullet, etc. that ricochets. verb intransitive Word forms: ˈricoˌcheted (ˈrɪkəˌʃeɪd ) or ˈricoˌchetted (ˈrɪkəˌʃɛtɪd ), ˈricoˌcheting (ˈrɪkəˌʃeɪɪŋ ) or ˈricoˌchetting (ˈrɪkəˌʃɛtɪŋ ) 3. to make a ricochet motion. SIMILAR WORDS: skip.
plural ricochets. Britannica Dictionary definition of RICOCHET. 1. [count] : something (such as a bullet or stone) that ricochets off a surface. He was hit by a ricochet. 2. [noncount] : the action of ricocheting off a surface. the ricochet of the bullet off the wall.
ricochet. / ˈrɪkəˌʃeɪ; ˈrɪkəˌʃɛt / verb. intr (esp of a bullet) to rebound from a surface or surfaces, usually with a characteristic whining or zipping sound.
ricochet. verb. /ˈrɪkəʃeɪ/, /ˈrɪkəʃet/ [intransitive] Verb Forms. + adv./prep. (of a moving object) to hit a surface and come off it fast at a different angle. The bullet ricocheted off a nearby wall. The van hit the side of the bridge and ricocheted across the road. Oxford Collocations Dictionary Ricochet is used with these nouns as the subject:
Definitions of 'ricochet' When a bullet ricochets, it hits a surface and bounces away from it. [...] More. Pronunciations of 'ricochet' American English: rɪkəʃeɪ British English: rɪkəʃeɪ , US -ʃeɪ. More. Conjugations of 'ricochet' present simple: I ricochet, you ricochet [...]
