ricochet

To rebound at least once from a surface.

The act or an instance of ricocheting.

The motion of an object which rebounds from a flat surface over which it is passing, as in the case of a stone thrown along the surface of water.

To bound by touching the earth or the surface of water and glancing off, as a cannon-ball.

A rebound or skipping, as of a ball along the ground when a gun is fired at a low angle of elevation, or of a fiat stone thrown along the surface of water.

the firing of guns or howitzers, usually with small charges, at an elevation of only a few degrees, so as to cause the balls or shells to bound or skip along the ground.

To operate upon by ricochet firing. See ricochet, n.

To skip with a rebound or rebounds, as a flat stone on the surface of water, or a cannon ball on the ground. See ricochet, n.

A method of firing a projectile so that it skips along a surface.

An instance of ricocheting; a glancing rebound.