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1. [N. Amer] A glancing rebound
   - ricochet
    
2. [N. Amer] A shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
   - cannon
    
3. An annual herb with small seed-like fruit with a strong flavour that are used in cookery of the Indian subcontinent
   - ajwain, Trachyspermum ammi

1. Rebound after hitting
   "The car caromed off several lampposts"
    
2. (billiards) make a carom

Derived forms: caroming, caroms, caromed

Type of: backlash, bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, repercussion, resile, reverberate, ricochet, shoot, shot, spring, stroke, take a hop

Part of: billiards, pocket billiards, pool

Encyclopedia: Carom