[car.om] n [by shortening & alter. fr. obs. carambole, fr. Sp carambola] (1779) 1 a: a shot in billiards in which the cue ball strikes each of two object balls b: a shot in pool in which an object ball strikes another ball before falling into a pocket--compare combination shot
2: a rebounding esp. at an angle
[2]carom vi (1860) 1: to strike and rebound: glance "the car ~ed off a tree"
2: to make a carom
3: to proceed by or as if by caroms