Carom — Car om, n. [Prob. corrupted fr. F. carumboler to carom, carambolage a carom, carambole the red ball in billiards.] (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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Carom — may refer to: * Ricochet * Carom billiards * Carom seeds or Ajwain, a spiceee also* Carrom, a family of tabletop games * Caromb, a commune in Vaucluse, France … Wikipedia
Carom — Car om, v. i. (Billiards) To make a carom. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
carom — [kar′əm] n. [< Fr carambole < Sp carambola; orig., kind of fruit < Malay karambil] 1. Billiards any shot in which the cue ball bounces off a cushion or an object ball; specif., such a shot that successively hits the two object balls,… … English World dictionary
carom — (n.) 1779, earlier carambole (1775), from Fr. carambole, from Sp. carombola the red ball in billiards, perhaps originally an orange tropical Asian fruit supposed to resemble a red billiard ball, from Marathi (southern Indian) karambal. The verb… … Etymology dictionary
Carom — Carrom Carrom jeu de société Ce jeu appartient au domaine public. autre& … Wikipédia en Français
carom — I. noun Etymology: by shortening & alteration from obsolete carambole, from Spanish carambola Date: 1779 1. a. a shot in billiards in which the cue ball strikes each of two object balls b. a shot in pool in which an object ball strikes another… … New Collegiate Dictionary
carom — /kar euhm/, n. 1. Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession. 2. any strike and rebound, as a ball striking a wall and glancing off. v.i. 3. to make a carom. 4. to strike and rebound. Also, carrom. [1770 80; by… … Universalium
carom — [ karəm] chiefly N. Amer. noun 1》 a cannon shot in billiards or pool. 2》 (also carom billiards) a game resembling billiards and depending on cannon shots for scoring. verb make a carom. Origin C18: abbrev. of carambole, from Sp. carambola, appar … English new terms dictionary
carom — Synonyms and related words: appulse, backfire, backlash, backlashing, bang, bang into, boomerang, bounce, bounce back, bound, bound back, brunt, bulldozing, bulling, bump, bump into, cannon, cannon off, carambole, carom into, clash, collide,… … Moby Thesaurus
