/rik'euh shay", rik"euh shay'/ or, esp. Brit., /rik"euh shet'/ , n. , v. , ricocheted /-shayd", -shayd'/ , ricocheting /-shay"ing, -shay'ing/ or ( esp. Brit. ) ricochetted /-shet'id/ , ricochetting /-shet'ing/ .
n.
1. the motion of an object or a projectile in rebounding or deflecting one or more times from the surface over which it is passing or against which it hits a glancing blow.
v.i.
2. to move in this way, as a projectile.
[ 1760-70; ]
Syn. 2. rebound, deflect, glance.