Meaning & use
Ricocheting
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Rebounding or bouncing off a surface at an angle after striking it, especially said of a bullet or other projectile.
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The bullet went ricocheting off the metal fence before landing in the grass.
His harsh words kept ricocheting through her mind long after the argument ended.
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Borrowed from French, where "ricochet" originally described a skipping stone or a bouncing cannonball.
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