carom
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Sanskrit कर्मार (karmā́ra)der. Marathi करंबळ (karambaḷ)der. Malay karambalbor. Portuguese carambolabor. Spanish carambolabor. French caramboleder.? English carom Probably derived from French carambole (the red ball in billiards).
- derived from carambole
Definitions
A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on…
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.
A billiard-like Indian game in which players take turns flicking checker-like pieces into…
A billiard-like Indian game in which players take turns flicking checker-like pieces into one of four goals on the corners of a board measuring one meter by one meter.
- He loved playing carom in his free time.
To make a carom (shot in billiards).
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To strike and bounce back
To strike and bounce back; to strike (something) and rebound.
- Snow filled her mouth. She caromed off things she never saw, tumbling through a cluttered canyon like a steel marble falling through pins in a pachinko machine.
Ajwain.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for carom. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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