carom

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a glancing rebound
noun a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
verb rebound after hitting

Probably derived from French carambole (the red ball in billiards).

Motherly dowagers in ball costumes bumped and caromed from the ample forms of procuresses. — What Will People Say? A Novel, Rupert Hughes
Screaming insanely the people rushed about the chamber, caroming from one another, stumbling and falling. — Red Nails, Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
Close in the fork he was protected on either side from the hammering blows of the caroming timber. — The Promise: A Tale of the Great Northwest, James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx

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