1
a
: a shot in billiards in which the cue ball strikes each of two object balls
b
: a shot in pool in which an object ball strikes another ball before falling into a pocket compare combination shot
2
: a rebounding especially at an angle
caromed; caroming; caroms
Examples of carom in a Sentence
Verb
a ball caromed off the wall
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2025
The replay shows the puck enters the goal just below the crossbar and caroms off the frame at the back of the net.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Tim Britton, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Jesus Sanchez, normally a right fielder, lost track of the ball, which caromed off the bottom of the wall for a two-run triple.
—Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The first play was on Anthony Santander’s line drive off the top of the wall in right field that Tatis wisely pulled up on and waited to field the carom off the wall and hold Santander to a single.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2025
The replay shows the puck enters the goal just below the crossbar and caroms off the frame at the back of the net.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Verb
In the top of the seventh, with two outs and Rougned Odor on third, Russell Martin’s throw back to pitcher Aaron Sanchez hit Shin-Soo Choo’s bat, caroming away and allowing Odor to score.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Jesus Sanchez, normally a right fielder, lost track of the ball, which caromed off the bottom of the wall for a two-run triple.
—Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2025
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“Carom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carom. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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carom
1 of 2 noun
car·om
ˈkar-əm 
: a rebounding especially at an angle
carom
2 of 2 verb
: to strike and rebound at an angle
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