ricochet

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It never works in your favour, and the catharsis is never worth the ricochet factor.

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a glancing rebound

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The clearest senses and uses of ricochet gathered in one view.

noun

a glancing rebound

verb

spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for ricochet.

noun

a glancing rebound

verb

spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"

See also: bounce, resile, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate

Example sentences

It never works in your favour, and the catharsis is never worth the ricochet factor.

No, but they follow ballistic trajectories and can ricochet.

If you're wielding a handgun, it's pretty clear who will get hurt when you pull the trigger, barring rare events like a misfire or a ricochet.

The ground might be dangerous because of the potential for ricochet - but many other surfaces could be adequate.

Tried sending request to ricochet:qn6uo4cmsrfv4kzqIt refused to move beyond Request:Pending connectionMan i hate these security software soooo much.

I think Peter Norvig's articles are good examples of writings letting the self in the back shade, which by ricochet raises curiosity and interest in the author's self.

Am I the only one who thinks it's humorous how many people think that body armor means bullets just ricochet to the ground harmlessly?Vests are simply for preventing shots from penetrating vital organs, not turning the wearer into Iron Man. Best case scenario, it'll feel like you just got hit with a golf drive.

But when the plasma melts a hole in a building-sized vacuum chamber and air suddenly rushes in, I expect that you'll get a big implosion, which will ricochet off itself and become an explosion, like if you punched a hole in a CRT with a nail.

[1, below]I find it difficult to believe that any person is well trained enough to take all critical factors into account during an armed encounter to determine whether or not a bullet will ricochet off a non-target surface, and in what direction it will ricochet.