carromed
Rebounded after impact
Carromed is the past tense of carom, meaning to strike and rebound at an angle.
The term comes from billiards, where a carom is a shot in which the cue ball bounces off one ball into another.
The word extends to any glancing collision: The bullet carromed off the wall, He carromed through the crowd.
bounced
Returned after hitting surface
- ricochetedDeflected after striking
- deflectedCaused to veer off
- glancedLooked momentarily
rebounded · pinballed · struck · impacted · angled · veered · careened · collided · bumped · knocked
ricocheted
Deflected after striking
cue · deflected · angled · table · rail · shot · break · English · spin · pocket