Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To make a carom (shot in billiards).

    make a carom

  2. To strike and bounce back; to strike (something) and rebound.

    rebound after hitting

Examples

1 sentences

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

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Origin

Probably derived from French carambole (the red ball in billiards).

Probably derived from French carambole (the red ball in billiards).

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Forms

caroms, caroming, caromed, caromed
Base formcarom · to carom
3rd person singularcaroms
Present participlecaroming
Past simplecaromed
Past participlecaromed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycarom
he, she, itcaroms

Past simpleLesson

all personscaromed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave caromed
he, she, ithas caromed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill carom

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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