"ricochet" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹɪk.ə.ʃeɪ/ [UK], /ˈɹɪk.ə.ʃɛt/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ricochet.wav [Southern-England] Forms: ricochets [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪ, -ɛt Etymology: Borrowed from French ricochet, of uncertain origin. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|ricochet}} French ricochet Head templates: {{en-noun}} ricochet (plural ricochets)
  1. (military) A method of firing a projectile so that it skips along a surface. Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-ricochet-en-noun-qK0DD2hh Topics: government, military, politics, war
  2. An instance of ricocheting; a glancing rebound. Translations (an instance of ricocheting): рикошет (rikošet) [masculine] (Bulgarian), rebot [neuter] (Catalan), 跳彈 (Chinese Mandarin), 跳弹 (tiàodàn) (Chinese Mandarin), ricochet [neuter] (Dutch), rikošett (Estonian), kimmoke (Finnish), ricochet (French), Querschuss [masculine] (German), Querschläger [masculine] (German), αποστρακισμός (apostrakismós) [masculine] (Greek), visszapattanás (Hungarian), lepattanás (Hungarian), geller (Hungarian), endurkast [neuter] (Icelandic), skopp [neuter] (Icelandic), rimbalzo [masculine] (Italian), 跳弾 (alt: ちょうだん,chōdan) (Japanese), жанап тию (janap tiü) (Kazakh), 도탄 (dotan) (alt: 跳彈) (Korean), rikošets [masculine] (Latvian), рикоше́ (rikošé) [neuter] (Macedonian), lantunan (Malay), ripi (Maori), rykoszet (Polish), рикоше́т (rikošét) [masculine] (Russian), rebote (Spanish), rikoschett [common-gender] (Swedish), đạn nảy (alt: 彈𫡐) (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-ricochet-en-noun-sj7iScGL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 67 15 11 Disambiguation of 'an instance of ricocheting': 2 98

Verb

IPA: /ˈɹɪk.ə.ʃeɪ/ [UK], /ˈɹɪk.ə.ʃɛt/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ricochet.wav [Southern-England] Forms: ricochets [present, singular, third-person], ricocheting [participle, present], ricochetting [participle, present], ricocheted [participle, past], ricocheted [past], ricochetted [participle, past], ricochetted [past]
Rhymes: -eɪ, -ɛt Etymology: Borrowed from French ricochet, of uncertain origin. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|ricochet}} French ricochet Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=ricochetted|pres_ptc2=ricochetting}} ricochet (third-person singular simple present ricochets, present participle ricocheting or ricochetting, simple past and past participle ricocheted or ricochetted)
  1. To rebound off something wildly in a seemingly random direction. Translations (to rebound): рикоширам (rikoširam) (Bulgarian), retopar (Catalan), afketsen (Dutch), kimmota (Finnish), ricocher (French), abprallen (German), querschlagen (German), wegprallen (German), lepattan (Hungarian), visszapattan (Hungarian), gellert kap (Hungarian), endurkastast (Icelandic), kastast frá (Icelandic), skoppa (Icelandic), fleyta kerlingar (Icelandic), rikochar (Ido), rimbalzare (Italian), 跳ね返す (hanekaesu) (alt: はねかえす) (Japanese), рикошети́ра (rikošetíra) (Macedonian), melantun (Malay), ripi (Maori), pahu (Maori), سكمك (sekmek) (Ottoman Turkish), бить рикоше́том (bitʹ rikošétom) (Russian), рикошети́ровать (rikošetírovatʹ) (Russian), rebotar (Spanish), rikoschettera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-ricochet-en-verb-VBKQS66t Disambiguation of 'to rebound': 95 5
  2. (military) To operate upon by ricochet firing. Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-ricochet-en-verb-ru1x-2Cr Topics: government, military, politics, war

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "an instance of ricocheting",
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      "sense": "an instance of ricocheting",
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      ],
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      "alt": "ちょうだん,chōdan",
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      "sense": "an instance of ricocheting",
      "word": "跳弾"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
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      "roman": "janap tiü",
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      "sense": "an instance of ricocheting",
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      "code": "mk",
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      "code": "ms",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "an instance of ricocheting",
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    },
    {
      "alt": "彈𫡐",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "an instance of ricocheting",
      "word": "đạn nảy"
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}

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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "rikoširam",
      "sense": "to rebound",
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      "sense": "to rebound",
      "word": "retopar"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "to rebound",
      "word": "afketsen"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to rebound",
      "word": "kimmota"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to rebound",
      "word": "ricocher"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to rebound",
      "word": "abprallen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to rebound",
      "word": "querschlagen"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to rebound",
      "word": "wegprallen"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to rebound",
      "word": "lepattan"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to rebound",
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    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to rebound",
      "word": "gellert kap"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to rebound",
      "word": "endurkastast"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to rebound",
      "word": "kastast frá"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to rebound",
      "word": "skoppa"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to rebound",
      "word": "fleyta kerlingar"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to rebound",
      "word": "rikochar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to rebound",
      "word": "rimbalzare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はねかえす",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hanekaesu",
      "sense": "to rebound",
      "word": "跳ね返す"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "rikošetíra",
      "sense": "to rebound",
      "word": "рикошети́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to rebound",
      "word": "melantun"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to rebound",
      "word": "ripi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to rebound",
      "word": "pahu"
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    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "sekmek",
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      "word": "سكمك"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bitʹ rikošétom",
      "sense": "to rebound",
      "word": "бить рикоше́том"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rikošetírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to rebound",
      "word": "рикошети́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to rebound",
      "word": "rebotar"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to rebound",
      "word": "rikoschettera"
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