carom

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A collision followed by a rebound.
2. n. A shot in billiards in which the cue ball successively strikes two other balls. Also called billiard.
3. n. A similar shot in a related game, such as pool.
4. v. To collide and rebound; glance: The car caromed off the guardrail into the ditch.
5. v. To make a carom, as in billiards.
6. v. To cause to carom.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. In billiards, the hitting of two or three balls in succession by the cue-ball from one stroke of the cue: in Great Britain sometimes called cannon. Also spelled carrom.
2. In billiards, to make a carom (which see).
3. To strike or collide against a thing and then rebound or glance off again; cannon: usually with on, and common in racing slang: as, Eclipse caromed on High-flyer and injured his chance of winning.
4. Also spelled carrom.

Wiktionary

1. n. cue sports A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball; in England it is called cannon.
2. n. An Indian game played on a board measuring one meter by one meter square. Players take turns flicking checker-like pieces into one of four goals on the corners of the table. This billiard-like game is played entirely with the fingers, and usually while sitting on the floor.
3. v. intransitive To make a carom.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Billiards) A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball. In England it is called cannon.
2. v. (Billiards) To make a carom.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. rebound after hitting
2. n. a glancing rebound
3. v. make a carom
4. n. a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other