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Synonyms for carom

Grammar : Verb
Spell : kar-uh m
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkær əm

Définition of carom

Origin :
  • 1779, earlier carambole (1775), from French carambole "the red ball in billiards," from Spanish carombola "the red ball in billiards," perhaps originally "fruit of the tropical Asian carambola tree," which is round and orange and supposed to resemble a red billiard ball; from Marathi (southern Indian) karambal. Originally a type of stroke involving the red ball:
  • If the Striker hits the Red and his Adversary's Ball with his own Ball he played with, he wins two Points; which Stroke is called a Carambole, or for Shortness, a Carrom. ["Hoyle's Games Improved," London, 1779]
  • verb bounce
Example sentences :
  • He learned to play French carom and pyramid pool,—every thing in fact.
  • Extract from : « A Russian Proprietor » by Lyof N. Tolstoi
  • Max stopped in the act of trying for a carom, and stared at his sister.
  • Extract from : « The Wharf by the Docks » by Florence Warden
  • "Yes, a good many years," answered Stark, as he made a carom.
  • Extract from : « Driven From Home » by Horatio Alger
  • Finally, once I made a great fluke—a carom, followed by most of the balls falling into the pockets.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • Carom, kar′om, n. an abbreviation for Carambole, the same as Cannon in billiards.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) » by Various
  • Monty thrust a franc in her hand and turned quickly from her to carom against a tall well-dressed man who was passing.
  • Extract from : « Under Cover » by Roi Cooper Megrue
  • That wa'n't a marker though, to the reverse English carom Sadie takes after we'd got into a cab and started for her hotel.
  • Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford
  • A festive grasshopper jumps up into my face, and makes a carom on the web.
  • Extract from : « Pastoral Days » by William Hamilton Gibson
  • The pig now lay still, and satisfied that he had killed it, he tried to repeat the carom, but failed.
  • Extract from : « "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea » by Morgan Robertson
  • We came near making a carom sometimes, but not the one we were trying to make.
  • Extract from : « The Innocents Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

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