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.