carambola — meaning in English
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English meaning
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.
- double whammy (by extension) A series of two events that causes positive effects; a twofold boon.
- fluke A lucky or improbable occurrence that could probably never be repeated.
- star fruit The fruit of the carambola tree, Averrhoa carambola.
- two birds with one stone (idiomatic) Any two things that were performed or completed at the same time by one action.
- twofer Something that yields a substantial additional benefit; something that figuratively kills two birds with one stone.
carom — full definition
- verb To strike something and bounce off it at an angle, often going on to hit something else.
- noun A rebound in which a ball or other object strikes a surface and goes off at an angle instead of stopping.
- noun In billiards, a shot in which the cue ball is made to hit two other balls in succession.
fluke — full definition
- noun A lucky, accidental success unlikely to happen again.
- noun A parasitic flatworm.