I. noun
also car·rom ˈkarəm also -er-
( -s )
Etymology: by shortening & alteration from carambole (I)
1. : a shot in billiards in which the cue ball strikes each of two object balls
2. : a rebounding especially at an angle : a glancing off
3.
[from Carroms, a trademark]
a. caroms plural but singular in construction : a game played by two or four persons with round wooden counters on a large square board having corner pockets
b. : a counter used in caroms
II. verb
also carrom “
( -ed/-ing/-s )
intransitive verb
1. : to make a carom
2. : to strike and rebound : glance : rebound or glance after striking
his drive hit a tree and caromed off into a roadway — Time
3. : to proceed by or as if by caroms
she tried to carom from my corner of the room to the bar — Henry Miller
transitive verb
: to make (an object) bounce off something
place an object ball on the table and try to carom the cue ball from it — Willie Hoppe