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Look up: Carom

  1. carom
    [n] - a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other 2. [v] - rebound after hitting 3. [v] - make a carom, in billiards
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Carom
    Car'om noun [ Prob. corrupted from French carumboler to carom, carambolage a carom, carambole the red ball in billiards.] (Billiards) A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/28

  3. Carom
    Car'om intransitive verb (Billiards) To make a carom.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/28

  4. carom
    cannon noun a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  5. carom
    glance verb rebound after hitting; `The car caromed off several lampposts`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. carom
    verb make a carom
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. Carom
    • (v. i.) To make a carom. • (n.) A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player`s ball. In England it is called cannon.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. carom
    • a glancing rebound
    • a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other

    Found on

  9. carom
    a rebound of the puck off the boards or any other object.
    Found on http://www.firstbasesports.com/hockey_gl



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