caromn.v.

Brit.

/ˈkarəm/,

/ˈkarm̩/, U.S.

/ˈkɛrəm/

Forms: also carrom.

Etymology: Shortened < carambole n. Compare cannon n.¹ 11.

A. n.

A stroke in Billiards; = carambole n. 2; now also called cannon n.¹ 11.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > actions or types of play > type of stroke

hazard1674

carambole1775

carom1779

cannon1802

screw1825

sidestroke1834

following stroke1837

cannonade1844

five-stroke1847

follow1850

scratch1850

fluke1857

jenny1857

bank shot1859

angle shot1860

draw shot1860

six-stroke1861

run-through1862

spot1868

quill1869

dead-stroke1873

loser1873

push1873

push stroke1873

stab1873

stab screw1873

draw1881

force1881

plant1884

anchor cannon1893

massé1901

angle1902

cradle-cannon1907

pot1907

jump shot1909

carry-along1913

snooker1924

1779 C. Jones Hoyle's Games Impr. 260 Which stroke is called a Carambole, or for shortness, a Carrom.

1826 Hoyle Impr. 396 A carombole or carom.

1850 H. G. Bohn et al. Hand-bk. Games 519 A canon (formerly carom or carombole).

1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xii. 116 We accomplished very little in the way of caroms.

B. v.

intransitive. To strike or glance and rebound. In quots. transferred and figurative. Chiefly U.S.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > impinge [verb (intransitive)] > collide > with rebound

cannon1842

carom1860

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [verb (intransitive)] > actions or types of play

carambole1775

string1814

cannon1825

to make a baulk1839

star1839

push1851

to play for safety1857

run1857

carom1860

to knock the balls about1864

miscue1889

snooker1889

break1893

scratch1909

to call one's shot1953

1860 O. W. Holmes Professor at Breakfast-table 67 She glanced from every human contact, and ‘caromed’ from one relation to another.

1883 Harper's Mag. Mar. 494/2 A single stone was made to ‘carom’.

1911 C. E. Mulford Bar-20 Days iv. 45 The table skidded through the door on one leg and carromed off the bar at a graceful angle.

1943 K. Tennant Ride on Stranger xvii. 193 It was here that Mrs. Brewster made the mistake..of caroming off a telegraph post into the ditch.

1946 H. Croome Faithless Mirror xviii. 192 The car lurched crazily..up the gully, caroming from side to side.

1952 B. Wolfe Limbo xix. 284 The phrase caromed through his mind.

1967 Boston Globe 18 May 36/8 Rockets carom to the moon.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	carom
释义	caromn.v. Brit. /ˈkarəm/, /ˈkarm̩/, U.S. /ˈkɛrəm/ Forms: also carrom. Etymology: Shortened < carambole n. Compare cannon n.¹ 11. A. n. A stroke in Billiards; = carambole n. 2; now also called cannon n.¹ 11. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > actions or types of play > type of stroke hazard1674 carambole1775 carom1779 cannon1802 screw1825 sidestroke1834 following stroke1837 cannonade1844 five-stroke1847 follow1850 scratch1850 fluke1857 jenny1857 bank shot1859 angle shot1860 draw shot1860 six-stroke1861 run-through1862 spot1868 quill1869 dead-stroke1873 loser1873 push1873 push stroke1873 stab1873 stab screw1873 draw1881 force1881 plant1884 anchor cannon1893 massé1901 angle1902 cradle-cannon1907 pot1907 jump shot1909 carry-along1913 snooker1924 1779 C. Jones Hoyle's Games Impr. 260 Which stroke is called a Carambole, or for shortness, a Carrom. 1826 Hoyle Impr. 396 A carombole or carom. 1850 H. G. Bohn et al. Hand-bk. Games 519 A canon (formerly carom or carombole). 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xii. 116 We accomplished very little in the way of caroms. B. v. intransitive. To strike or glance and rebound. In quots. transferred and figurative. Chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > impinge [verb (intransitive)] > collide > with rebound cannon1842 carom1860 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [verb (intransitive)] > actions or types of play carambole1775 string1814 cannon1825 to make a baulk1839 star1839 push1851 to play for safety1857 run1857 carom1860 to knock the balls about1864 miscue1889 snooker1889 break1893 break1893 scratch1909 to call one's shot1953 1860 O. W. Holmes Professor at Breakfast-table 67 She glanced from every human contact, and ‘caromed’ from one relation to another. 1883 Harper's Mag. Mar. 494/2 A single stone was made to ‘carom’. 1911 C. E. Mulford Bar-20 Days iv. 45 The table skidded through the door on one leg and carromed off the bar at a graceful angle. 1943 K. Tennant Ride on Stranger xvii. 193 It was here that Mrs. Brewster made the mistake..of caroming off a telegraph post into the ditch. 1946 H. Croome Faithless Mirror xviii. 192 The car lurched crazily..up the gully, caroming from side to side. 1952 B. Wolfe Limbo xix. 284 The phrase caromed through his mind. 1967 Boston Globe 18 May 36/8 Rockets carom to the moon. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.v.1779
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