| Ricochet 1. (n.) A rebound or skipping, as of a ball along the ground when a gun is fired at a low angle of elevation, or of a fiat stone thrown along the surface of water. 2. (v. t.) To operate upon by ricochet firing. See Ricochet. 3. (v. i.) To skip with a rebound or rebounds, as a flat stone on the surface of water, or a cannon ball on the ground. See Ricochet. Thesaurus Entries backfire, backlash, backlashing, boomerang, bounce, bounce back, bound, bound back, cannon, cannon off, carom, contrecoup, dap, fly back, graze, have repercussions, kick, kick back, kickback, lash back, rebound, rebuff, recalcitrate, recalcitration, recoil, repercuss, repercussion, repulse, resile, resilience, skim, skip, snap back, spring, spring back |