Definition of ricocheting Ricocheting
/ɹɪˈkʌʃejˌɪŋ/ - [rikusheying] -
We found 3 definitions of ricocheting from 2 different sources.
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What does ricocheting mean?
Wiktionary 
- ricocheting (Verb)
Present participle of ricochet.
Part of speech
🔤- ricocheting, verb, gerund of ricochet (infinitive).
WordNet
NounPlural: ricochets |
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| ricochet - a glancing rebound | ||
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| backlash, recoil, repercussion, rebound an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence; "there was a backlash of intolerance" | ||
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Wiktionary
- ricochet (Noun)
A method of firing a projectile so that it skips along a surface. - ricochet (Noun)
An instance of ricocheting; a glancing rebound. - ricochet (Verb)
To rebound off something wildly in a seemingly random direction. - ricochet (Verb)
To operate upon by ricochet firing .
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ricochet (n.)
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 (v. t.)
To operate upon by ricochet firing. See Ricochet, n. - ricochet (v. i.)
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.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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ricochet
To spring away from an impact.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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ricochet
The bound of a shot. Ricochet fire, that whereby, a less charge and a greater elevation being used, the shot or shell is made to just clear a parapet, and bound along the interior of a work.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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ricochet
In gunnery, the repeated rebounding of round-shot. By firing at a slight elevation, with small charges, in a direction enfilading the face of a work, shot are pitched over the parapet, and bound along the rampart from end to end, with most destructive effect on the guns and gunners occupying it.
