carom
(en)
(noun) a shot in billiards in which the cue ball strikes each of two object balls / (noun) a shot in pool in which an object ball strikes another ball before falling into a pocket / (noun) a rebounding especially at an angle / (verb) to strike and rebound; glance / (verb) to make a carom / (verb) to proceed by or as if by caroms
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carom
It also had the carom quality of indirectly apprising him that in his description of the sun he had missed a bet by not comparing it to a cow.
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