Ricochet

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To operate upon by ricochet firing. ·see Ricochet, ·noun.

II. Ricochet ·vi To skip with a rebound or rebounds, as a flat stone on the surface of water, or a cannon ball on the ground. ·see Ricochet, ·noun.

III. Ricochet ·noun A rebound or skipping, as of a ball along the ground when a gun is fired at a low angle of elevation, or of a fiat stone thrown along the surface of water.

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