Carom

/ˈkæɹəm/

Synonyms for "carom" (110 found)

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Closest matches (22)

Strong matches (33)

cannon offcarambolecarom intoclashcollidecollisioncome into collisionconcussconcussionconfront each othercontrecoupcrack upcrack-upcrashcrash intocrumpcrunchdapdash intoencounter
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fall foul offly backfoulglancegrazehammeringhave repercussionshithit againsthurthurtleimpact
Noun(1 words)
carom shot

Related words (55)

Noun(6 words)
multi ball caromreboundreboundsthree ball caromtwo ball caromtwo ball carom shot

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

26 entries
backlashbilliards termbounceboundcue sport termeventgame termhitimpactmechanical processmotionphysical phenomenonreboundrecoil

Showing 16 of 26 words.

More specific

6 entries
billiards caromcushion caromelastic reboundsurface reboundthree ball caromtwo ball carom

Collocations

10 entries
billiards caromcarom againstcarom intocarom offcarom reboundcarom shotcarom trajectorycushion caromthree ball caromtwo ball carom

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

3 entries
carom nouncaromedcaroming

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

In billiards, you need to be aware of every carom.

Source: tatoeba (12237349)

He loved playing carrom in his free time.

Source: wiktionary

[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.

Source: wiktionary

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.

Source: wiktionary

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