caroms

verb

present tense third-person singular of carom
as in rebounds
to strike and fly off at an angle a ball caromed off the wall

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Recent Examples of caroms Medical equipment caroms off the walls, bangs toward their father. — Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caroms
  1. rebounds
  2. bounces
Verb
  • Another upgrade of Old Dominion Freight Line as the freight cycle rebounds from a multiyear downturn.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 9 July 2026
  • That came on May 7 before a staggered series of price drops tempered by price-hike rebounds over the last seven weeks amid on-again and off-again peace talks in the Middle East.
    — Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2026
Definition of rebounds
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  • More pitches are available and the ball actually bounces fairly predictably on the artificial surface.
    — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • To win the World Cup, a team needs luck—luck that the ball bounces its way and its key players don’t get injured.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
Definition of bounces

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“Caroms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caroms. Accessed 20 Jul. 2026.

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