Толковый словарь английского языка - carom
Carom
carom
I. noun Etymology: by shortening & alteration from obsolete carambole, from Spanish carambola Date: 1779 1. a shot in billiards in which the cue ball strikes each of two object balls, a shot in pool in which an object ball strikes another ball before falling into a pocket, a rebounding especially at an angle, II. intransitive verb Date: 1860 to strike and rebound ; glance , to make a ~, to proceed by or as if by ~s
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n. & v. US Billiards --n. a cannon. --v.intr. 1 make a carom. 2 (usu. foll. by off) strike and rebound. Etymology: abbr. of carambole f. Sp. carambola ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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