What does "carom" mean?

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.

What is a synonym for "carom"?

Common synonyms include: cannon, cannon, ricochet, ajwain, ajwain, appulse.

Carom

//ˈkæɹəm// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1
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. countable, especially
2
Ajwain. uncountable
3
a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other wordnet
4
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. uncountable
"He loved playing carrom in his free time."
5
a glancing rebound wordnet

Verb

1
To make a carom (shot in billiards). intransitive
2
make a carom wordnet
3
To strike and bounce back; to strike (something) and rebound.
"[T]he grubit bombs went rolling back and forth over our feet, fetching up against the sides of the car with a crash. The big Red Guard, whose name was Vladimir Nicolaievitch, plied me with questions about America […] while we held on to each other and danced amid the caroming bombs."
4
rebound after hitting wordnet