carom
verb/ˈkærəm/
/ˈkærəm/
[intransitive] (especially North American English)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they carom | /ˈkærəm/ /ˈkærəm/ |
| he / she / it caroms | /ˈkærəmz/ /ˈkærəmz/ |
| past simple caromed | /ˈkærəmd/ /ˈkærəmd/ |
| past participle caromed | /ˈkærəmd/ /ˈkærəmd/ |
| -ing form caroming | /ˈkærəmɪŋ/ /ˈkærəmɪŋ/ |
- to hit a surface and come off it fast at a different angleWord Originlate 18th cent.: abbreviation of carambole, from Spanish carambola, apparently from bola ‘ball’.
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