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carom

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to strike and fly off at an angle
  • a ball caromed off the wall

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The first known use of carom was in 1779

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“Carom.” The Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carom. Accessed 6 December 2019.

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