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ricochet
/ˈɹɪkəˌʃeɪ/
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RIK-uh-shay: the ch sounds like sh.
In RIK-uh-shay, stress the first syllable and give SHAY a smaller beat. The final t is silent.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“We heard the ball ricochet off the metal railing.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does ricochet mean?
noun
- A method of firing a projectile so that it skips along a surface.
- An instance of ricocheting; a glancing rebound.
verb
- To rebound off something wildly in a seemingly random direction.
More meanings (1)
verb
- To operate upon by ricochet firing.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɹɪkəˌʃeɪ/
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The general ricochet of the whole over pits and prominences had the gravest pitch of the chime.
The bullet was a ricochet, and struck the tigress below the chest, and travelled towards the heart, but without touching it.
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We had no ricochet to fear, and though one popped in through the roof of the log-house and out again through the floor, we soon got used to that sort of horse-play and minded it no more than cricket.
The bullet of your thought must have overcome its lateral and ricochet motion and fallen into its last and steady course before it reaches the ear of the hearer, else it may plough out again through the side of his head.
I contend that the smashing up of the bullet is a mistake, excepting in certain cases such as I have already mentioned, where the animal is small and harmless like the black-buck, which inhabits level plains in the vicinity of population, and where the bullet would be exceedingly dangerous should it pass through the antelope and ricochet into some unlucky village.