CAROM

I. noun Etymology: by shortening & alteration from obsolete carambole, from Spanish carambola Date: 1779 1. a shot in billiards in which the cue ball strikes each of two object balls, a shot in pool in which an object ball strikes another ball before falling into a pocket, a rebounding especially at an angle, II. intransitive verb Date: 1860 to strike and rebound ; glance , to make a ~, to proceed by or as if by ~s