Word of the Day for Thursday, September 3, 2009
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carom \KAIR-uhm\, noun:
carom \KAIR-uhm\, noun:
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1. A rebound following a collision; a glancing off.
1. A rebound following a collision; a glancing off.
2. A shot in billiards in which the cue ball successively strikes two other balls on the table.
3. To strike and rebound; to glance.
4. To make a carom.
5. To make (an object) bounce off something; to cause to carom.
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The B.O.'s childhood anger continues to carom around in his head and manifests itself in the form of his czar appointments!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Carom derives from obsolete carambole, from Spanish carambola, "a stroke at billiards."
Carom derives from obsolete carambole, from Spanish carambola, "a stroke at billiards."
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