καραμπόλα — meaning in English

English meaning

• cannon noun A large, mounted gun that fires heavy projectiles, historically used in warfare.
• carom verb To strike something and bounce off it at an angle, often going on to hit something else.

Senses

καραμπόλα is used for these senses in English:

• cannon (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A carom.
• 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.
• pile-up A pile of crashed vehicles due to a traffic accident.
• star fruit The fruit of the carambola tree, Averrhoa carambola.

cannon — full definition

1. noun A large, mounted gun that fires heavy projectiles, historically used in warfare.
2. verb To collide with something violently.
3. verb To bombard something with cannon fire.

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.

Related Greek words