| VERB | motion | ricochet, bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate | spring back |
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| NOUN | event | ricochet, carom | a glancing rebound |
| Sounds | rih'kahshey. | |
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| Rhymes | attache ... shay: 9 rhymes with shey... | |
| Meaning | A glancing rebound. | |
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| Synonym | carom | |
| Broader | recoil, repercussion, rebound, backlash | A movement back from an impact |
| Spanish | carambola, rebote | |
| Catalan | rebot | |
| Verbs | ricochet | spring back |
| Meaning | spring back; spring away from an impact. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Synonyms | bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate | |
| Narrower | carom | rebound after hitting |
| kick back, recoil, kick | spring back, as from a forceful thrust | |
| skip, bound off | bound off one point after another | |
| Broader | jump, leap, bound, spring | Move forward by leaps and bounds |
| Spanish | rebotar | |
| Catalan | rebotar, rebotre | |
| Nouns | ricochet | a glancing rebound |
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