Meaning of "ricochet" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RICOCHET

From French, of unknown origin.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF RICOCHET

ricochet  [ˈrɪkəˌʃeɪ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RICOCHET

Ricochet is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb ricochet in English.

WHAT DOES RICOCHET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ricochet

A ricochet is a rebound, bounce or skip off a surface, particularly in the case of a projectile. The possibility of ricochet is one of the reasons for the common firearms safety rule "Never shoot at a flat, hard surface." Ricochets are sometimes called caroms.

Definition of ricochet in the English dictionary

The first definition of ricochet in the dictionary is to rebound from a surface or surfaces, usually with a characteristic whining or zipping sound. Other definition of ricochet is the motion or sound of a rebounding object, esp a bullet. Ricochet is also an object, esp a bullet, that ricochets.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO RICOCHET

PRESENT

Present

I ricochet

you ricochet

he/she/it ricochets

we ricochet

you ricochet

they ricochet

Present continuous

I am ricocheting

you are ricocheting

he/she/it is ricocheting

we are ricocheting

you are ricocheting

they are ricocheting

Present perfect

I have ricocheted

you have ricocheted

he/she/it has ricocheted

we have ricocheted

you have ricocheted

they have ricocheted

Present perfect continuous

I have been ricocheting

you have been ricocheting

he/she/it has been ricocheting

we have been ricocheting

you have been ricocheting

they have been ricocheting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I ricocheted

you ricocheted

he/she/it ricocheted

we ricocheted

you ricocheted

they ricocheted

Past continuous

I was ricocheting

you were ricocheting

he/she/it was ricocheting

we were ricocheting

you were ricocheting

they were ricocheting

Past perfect

I had ricocheted

you had ricocheted

he/she/it had ricocheted

we had ricocheted

you had ricocheted

they had ricocheted

Past perfect continuous

I had been ricocheting

you had been ricocheting

he/she/it had been ricocheting

we had been ricocheting

you had been ricocheting

they had been ricocheting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will ricochet

you will ricochet

he/she/it will ricochet

we will ricochet

you will ricochet

they will ricochet

Future continuous

I will be ricocheting

you will be ricocheting

he/she/it will be ricocheting

we will be ricocheting

you will be ricocheting

they will be ricocheting

Future perfect

I will have ricocheted

you will have ricocheted

he/she/it will have ricocheted

we will have ricocheted

you will have ricocheted

they will have ricocheted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been ricocheting

you will have been ricocheting

he/she/it will have been ricocheting

we will have been ricocheting

you will have been ricocheting

they will have been ricocheting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would ricochet

you would ricochet

he/she/it would ricochet

we would ricochet

you would ricochet

they would ricochet

Conditional continuous

I would be ricocheting

you would be ricocheting

he/she/it would be ricocheting

we would be ricocheting

you would be ricocheting

they would be ricocheting

Conditional perfect

I would have ricochet

you would have ricochet

he/she/it would have ricochet

we would have ricochet

you would have ricochet

they would have ricochet

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been ricocheting

you would have been ricocheting

he/she/it would have been ricocheting

we would have been ricocheting

you would have been ricocheting

they would have been ricocheting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you ricochet
we let´s ricochet
you ricochet

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to ricochet

Past participle

ricocheted

Present Participle

ricocheting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF RICOCHET

Find out the translation of ricochet to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of ricochet from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ricochet» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 跳弹
• Translator English - Spanish: ricochet
• English: ricochet
• Translator English - Hindi: रिकोषेट
• Translator English - Arabic: الإرتداد
• Translator English - Russian: рикошет
• Translator English - Portuguese: ricochete
• Translator English - Bengali: ছিনিমিনি
• Translator English - French: ricochet
• Translator English - Malay: Ricochet
• Translator English - German: abprallen
• Translator English - Japanese: 跳ね返る
• Translator English - Korean: 총알
• Translator English - Javanese: Ricochet
• Translator English - Vietnamese: chạm nẩy lên
• Translator English - Tamil: தவ்வல்
• Translator English - Marathi: उलाढाल
• Translator English - Turkish: sekme
• Translator English - Italian: rimbalzare
• Translator English - Polish: ricochet
• Translator English - Ukrainian: рикошет
• Translator English - Romanian: ricoșeu
• Translator English - Greek: ricochet
• Translator English - Afrikaans: ricochet
• Translator English - Swedish: rikoschett
• Translator English - Norwegian: Ricochet

2 QUOTES WITH «RICOCHET»

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1

Jacques Yves Cousteau

The road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers. Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years.

2

Lisa Hannigan

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RICOCHET»

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Ricochet: Confessions of a Gun Lobbyist

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R is for RIcochet

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Ricochet River

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Vietnam veteran Frank Conti swears vengeance upon the Atlantic City Mafia after his wife, child, and father are murdered, vowing to confront the Mafia chieftan and exact his revenge

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Ricochet - Movie Tie-In: A Novel

Investigating the shooting of a burglar in the home of a high-profile Savannah district judge, detectives Hatcher and Bowen suspect the judge's dutiful wife's declarations of innocence, and find the case complicated by the judge's notorious ...

Sandra Brown, 2011

Handbook of Forensic Pathology, Second Edition

X. THE EFFECTS OF INTERMEDIARY TARGETS If an entrance wound is unusually large, with irregular margins and an eccentric irregular abrasion ring, one must suspect that the bullet was either a ricochet or had passed through an ...

Vincent J.M. DiMaio, M.D., Suzanna E. Dana, M.D., 2006

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