ricochet

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

From French ricochet.

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• (UK) IPA: /ˈɹɪkəʃeɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪ

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ricochet (plural ricochets)

1. (military) A method of firing a projectile so that it skips along a surface.
2. An instance of ricocheting; a glancing rebound.

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[edit] Verb

to ricochet (third-person singular simple present ricochets, present participle ricocheting, simple past and past participle ricocheted)

1. To rebound off something wildly in a seemingly random direction.

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[edit] Etymology

Origin uncertain.

• The word first appears in the phrases chanson du/de riochet, fable du ricochet. This is apparently related to other story-titles such as the fable du rouge kokelet; other dialectal terms such as ripoton (“‘duckling’”) and Norman recoquet (“‘chick’”) has led to theories that the word originally indicated a "young cock". The sense-development is unclear.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʁikɔʃɛ/

[edit] Noun

ricochet m. (plural ricochets)

1. rebound; ricochet