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Pronunciation : Ric`o*chet"
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F.]
Definition : Defn: 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. Ricochet firing (Mil.), the firing of guns or howitzers, usually with small charges, at an elevation of only a few degrees, so as to cause the balls or shells to bound or skip along the ground.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Ric`o*chet"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To operate upon by ricochet firing. See Ricochet, n. [R.]

t. [imp. & p. p. Ricochetted; p. pr. & vb. n. Ricochetting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Ric`o*chet"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: 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, n.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913