Ricochet
verb
To bounce off a surface and move quickly in a new direction.
The bullet ricocheted off the wall and hit the ceiling
Often appears as...
- bullet ricocheted
- ricocheted off
noun
The action or sound of a bullet, stone, etc. bouncing off a surface.
He heard the ricochet of the bullet off the metal locker
Often appears as...
- ricochet of the bullet
- sound of ricochet
verb
To bounce off a surface and move quickly in a new direction.
The bullet ricocheted off the wall and hit the ceiling
Often appears as...
- bullet ricocheted
- ricocheted off
noun
The action or sound of a bullet, stone, etc. bouncing off a surface.
He heard the ricochet of the bullet off the metal locker
Often appears as...
- ricochet of the bullet
- sound of ricochet
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical action
Often describes fast, unexpected changes in movement.
The soccer ball ricocheted off the goalpost, surprising everyone.
Pro Tip 2/3Sudden Shift
Implies a quick and often unpredictable redirection.
Her skate ricocheted against the railing, causing her to stumble.
Pro Tip 3/3Energetic Impact
Used to describe lively impacts that lead to quick movement.
The racquetball ricocheted around the court with great energy.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical action
Often describes fast, unexpected changes in movement.
The soccer ball ricocheted off the goalpost, surprising everyone.
Pro Tip 2/3Sudden Shift
Implies a quick and often unpredictable redirection.
Her skate ricocheted against the railing, causing her to stumble.
Pro Tip 3/3Energetic Impact
Used to describe lively impacts that lead to quick movement.
The racquetball ricocheted around the court with great energy.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical action
Often describes fast, unexpected changes in movement.
The soccer ball ricocheted off the goalpost, surprising everyone.
Pro Tip 2/3Sudden Shift
Implies a quick and often unpredictable redirection.
Her skate ricocheted against the railing, causing her to stumble.
Pro Tip 3/3Energetic Impact
Used to describe lively impacts that lead to quick movement.
The racquetball ricocheted around the court with great energy.
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Can you solve the killer...
With robo-ants ricocheting all over the habitat, it might seem impossible to stop them before they break free. But this situation is simpler than it seems. Here's why. Imagine just two robo-ants crawling toward each other. When they collide, they immediately reverse directions.
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Can you solve the...
a focused beam of light will ricochet along the mirrors, strike your diffuser, and illuminate the great chamber where the vampires sleep. You set the final mirror and sneak through an opening in the corner of the great chamber. The diffuser must be wall-mounted,
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This Little Sun Bear's...
mom's foot got stuck in a snare I was off eating fruit when I heard gunshots ricochet through the trees I saw my mom leave the forest and a bag that day and my brother in a small metal cage the whirring of bees always reminds me of my mother
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Sunlight is way older...
until it collides with a proton and is diverted in another direction, acting like a bullet ricocheting off of every charged particle it strikes. The question of how far this photon gets from the center of the Sun after each collision
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How we can use light to...
Just to give an idea -- like, that's not just 50 marbles. That's billions, trillion of photons, all falling in line as directed by the hologram, to ricochet through densely scattering brain,
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Larry Smith: Why you...
If you ever have that thought ricocheting in your brain, it will hurt a lot. So, those are the many reasons why you are going to fail to have a great career. Unless --
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What COVID-19 means for...
Obviously, it's a health crisis for so many people. Second thing is, that health crisis has ricocheted, and the world is now in an economic crisis.
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Why you will fail to...
ricocheting in your brain it will hurt a lot so those are the many reasons why you're going to fail to have a great career unless unless thank you
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How North America got...
The geography of our planet is in flux. Each continent has ricocheted around the globe on one or more tectonic plates,
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Bear Hit-and-Run PIPE...
kind of ricochet okay thank you work there
Video examples
Can you solve the killer...
With robo-ants ricocheting all over the habitat, it might seem impossible to stop them before they break free. But this situation is simpler than it seems. Here's why. Imagine just two robo-ants crawling toward each other. When they collide, they immediately reverse directions.
Video examples
Can you solve the...
a focused beam of light will ricochet along the mirrors, strike your diffuser, and illuminate the great chamber where the vampires sleep. You set the final mirror and sneak through an opening in the corner of the great chamber. The diffuser must be wall-mounted,
Video examples
This Little Sun Bear's...
mom's foot got stuck in a snare I was off eating fruit when I heard gunshots ricochet through the trees I saw my mom leave the forest and a bag that day and my brother in a small metal cage the whirring of bees always reminds me of my mother
Video examples
Sunlight is way older...
until it collides with a proton and is diverted in another direction, acting like a bullet ricocheting off of every charged particle it strikes. The question of how far this photon gets from the center of the Sun after each collision
Video examples
How we can use light to...
Just to give an idea -- like, that's not just 50 marbles. That's billions, trillion of photons, all falling in line as directed by the hologram, to ricochet through densely scattering brain,
Video examples
Larry Smith: Why you...
If you ever have that thought ricocheting in your brain, it will hurt a lot. So, those are the many reasons why you are going to fail to have a great career. Unless --
Video examples
What COVID-19 means for...
Obviously, it's a health crisis for so many people. Second thing is, that health crisis has ricocheted, and the world is now in an economic crisis.
Video examples
Why you will fail to...
ricocheting in your brain it will hurt a lot so those are the many reasons why you're going to fail to have a great career unless unless thank you
Video examples
How North America got...
The geography of our planet is in flux. Each continent has ricocheted around the globe on one or more tectonic plates,
Video examples
Bear Hit-and-Run PIPE...
kind of ricochet okay thank you work there
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Christopher Buckley
American Novelist
I once spoke to 9,000 people, but they managed to fit them all into a structure that resembled a Zeppelin hangar, so it was a contained space in which whatever laughter I generated could ricochet and hang around for a bit, encouraging others to join in.
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Deborah Tannen
American Sociologist
American popular culture, like individuals in daily life, tends to either romanticize or demonize mothers. We ricochet between 'Everything I ever accomplished I owe to my mother' and 'Every problem I have in my life is my mother's fault.
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Jacques Yves Cousteau
French Explorer
The road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers. Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years.
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Lisa Hannigan
Irish Musician
Stephen Colbert has such a loyal following; I don't know if it's the same with Jay Leno; he really inspires love in people, and there can be a lucky ricochet of that for some people.
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Brian Eno
British Musician
If you're in a forest, the quality of the echo is very strange because echoes back off so many surfaces of all those trees that you get this strange, itchy ricochet effect.
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Ricochet
American Wrestler
I had a list of names I wanted to use. Ricochet happened to be one of them, but I really wanted a true name name, like Johnny Gargano, Adam Cole, John Cena.
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Derek Jacobi
British Actor
There's never been any game plan or thread through my career. It's just happened that I've ricocheted from one interesting character to another.
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Rita Moreno
Puerto Rican Actress
I wore so much rubber when I was at MGM, I bumped into the wall once, and I ricocheted.
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Gilbert Parker
Canadian Politician
Every shot that kills ricochets.
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Christopher Buckley
American Novelist
I once spoke to 9,000 people, but they managed to fit them all into a structure that resembled a Zeppelin hangar, so it was a contained space in which whatever laughter I generated could ricochet and hang around for a bit, encouraging others to join in.
Quote examples
Deborah Tannen
American Sociologist
American popular culture, like individuals in daily life, tends to either romanticize or demonize mothers. We ricochet between 'Everything I ever accomplished I owe to my mother' and 'Every problem I have in my life is my mother's fault.
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Jacques Yves Cousteau
French Explorer
The road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers. Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years.
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Lisa Hannigan
Irish Musician
Stephen Colbert has such a loyal following; I don't know if it's the same with Jay Leno; he really inspires love in people, and there can be a lucky ricochet of that for some people.
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Brian Eno
British Musician
If you're in a forest, the quality of the echo is very strange because echoes back off so many surfaces of all those trees that you get this strange, itchy ricochet effect.
Quote examples
Ricochet
American Wrestler
I had a list of names I wanted to use. Ricochet happened to be one of them, but I really wanted a true name name, like Johnny Gargano, Adam Cole, John Cena.
Quote examples
Derek Jacobi
British Actor
There's never been any game plan or thread through my career. It's just happened that I've ricocheted from one interesting character to another.
Quote examples
Rita Moreno
Puerto Rican Actress
I wore so much rubber when I was at MGM, I bumped into the wall once, and I ricocheted.
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Gilbert Parker
Canadian Politician
Every shot that kills ricochets.
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