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caroms

noun

Meaning

  1. (cue sports, especially 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.
  2. A billiard-like Indian game in which players take turns flicking checker-like pieces into one of four goals on the corners of a (one meter by one meter square) board.
  3. To make a carom (shot in billiards).
  4. To strike and bounce back; to strike (something) and rebound.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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