Carom

carom
    n 1: a glancing rebound [syn: {ricochet}, {carom}]
    2: a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object
       ball and then the other [syn: {carom}, {cannon}]
    v 1: rebound after hitting; "The car caromed off several
         lampposts"
    2: make a carom
    

Carom \Car"om\, n. [Prob. corrupted fr. F. carumboler to carom,
   carambolage a carom, carambole the red ball in billiards.]
   (Billiards)
   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. In England it is called
   {cannon}.
   [1913 Webster]
    

Carom \Car"om\, v. i. (Billiards)
   To make a carom.
   [1913 Webster]
    

95 Moby Thesaurus words for "carom":
      appulse, backfire, backlash, backlashing, bang, bang into,
      boomerang, bounce, bounce back, bound, bound back, brunt,
      bulldozing, bulling, bump, bump into, cannon, cannon off,
      carambole, carom into, clash, collide, collision,
      come into collision, concuss, concussion, confront each other,
      contrecoup, crack up, crack-up, crash, crash into, crump, crunch,
      dap, dash into, encounter, fall foul of, fly back, foul, glance,
      graze, hammering, have repercussions, hit, hit against, hurt,
      hurtle, impact, impinge, impingement, kick, kick back, kickback,
      knock, knock against, lash back, mauling, meet, meeting, onslaught,
      percuss, percussion, ramming, rebound, rebuff, recalcitrate,
      recalcitration, recoil, repercuss, repercussion, repulse, resile,
      resilience, ricochet, run into, shock, sideswipe, skim, skip,
      slam into, sledgehammering, smack into, smash, smash into,
      smash up, smash-up, smashing, snap back, spring, spring back,
      strike, strike against, thrusting, whomp