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carambola — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • carom verb To strike something and bounce off it at an angle, often going on to hit something else.

Senses

carambola is used for these senses in English:

  • carom (countable, cue sports, especially billiards) A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball.
  • star fruit The fruit of the carambola tree, Averrhoa carambola.

carom — full definition

  1. verb To strike something and bounce off it at an angle, often going on to hit something else.
  2. noun A rebound in which a ball or other object strikes a surface and goes off at an angle instead of stopping.
  3. noun In billiards, a shot in which the cue ball is made to hit two other balls in succession.