- carom⇄carom, noun, verb.
- carom⇄expr. caroms, a game in the United States for two or four players, played on a square board. The players try to shoot 24 round counters into pockets at the corners.
- carom⇄noun 1. the act of hitting and bouncing off.
2. a shot in the game of billiards in which the ball struck with the cue hits two balls, one after the other.
3. a similar shot in other games. - carom⇄v.i. 1. to hit and bounce off.
Ex. The car went out of control and caromed off the wall.
2. to make a carom. - carom⇄v.t. to cause something to bounce off.
Ex. Broadcasters can carom their message-carrying waves off the ionosphere to almost any point on earth (Wall Street Journal).
Also, carrom.