Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for ricochet. Search instead for weichkoche.
Definitions

ricochet

[rik-uh-shey, rik-uh-shey, rik-uh-shet] / ˌrɪk əˈʃeɪ, ˈrɪk əˌʃeɪ, ˈrɪk əˌʃɛt /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Engineers said they were able to debunk some "myths", including that bullets can ricochet off the curve in the ballistic plate.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

That means any deteriorating credit backdrop, a pickup in credit losses or higher yields still could ricochet through private credit or other publicly traded funds.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

The ball shot to his left, where second baseman Santiago Espinal tried to salvage the play but couldn’t pick up the ricochet cleanly.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 13, 2026

Ms. Frank’s unconventional, imaginatively orchestrated score maps their dreamlike journey as they ricochet through different planes of existence, and find resolution together in their love and their art.

From The Wall Street Journal May 18, 2026

Plenty of players had their basketballs ricochet off their knees or sneakers.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty

"Is anyone alive in here?!" the voice of Moises Faramaya ricochets around the ruins of the same neighborhood.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

In her refusal to shy away from the grime and grit of Yuknavitch’s story, Stewart creates a startlingly raw atmosphere that ricochets between discordant and truly inspiring.

From Salon Jan. 1, 2026

Even if their shots don’t go in, the traffic in front of the goal leads to more tips, ricochets and general chaos in the tight areas around Winnipeg’s goal.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 30, 2025

There's almost a Ben Stokes World Cup final 2019 moment, as Sciver-Brunt comes back for the second and the throw in from the fielder ricochets off her bat.

From BBC May 16, 2024

When my head comes into sight, a gasp ricochets through the living room.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

The firm’s unraveling ricocheted across the financial world, especially on now-defunct Swiss bank Credit Suisse, which had sold loans by the firm to its clients.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 2026

The Monroe appearance then ricocheted across the internet with the kind of viral intensity traditional late-night television has not generated in years.

From Salon May 27, 2026

After pulling his tee shot towards the trees, Fitzpatrick's ball struck a cart path, ricocheted back on to the green, and was only prevented from trickling into the water by a well-positioned sprinkler head.

From BBC Apr. 18, 2026

For weeks, salacious talk swirled in campaign circles, ricocheted through email chains and was served up, like a buzzy side dish, over gossipy lunches from Sacramento to San Diego.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 10, 2026

Now she heard the sharp clack-clack of billiard cues, then the muffled thud as the ball hit the felted rim of the table and ricocheted into the pocket.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

Suddenly the car skidded on a slippery hillside, turned from the road, plowed through a clump of scrub, ricochetted against a dark obstruction, poised a moment on two wheels, turned around and stopped.

From The Cow Puncher by Robert J. C. Stead

A few moments after another struck the ground right by us and ricochetted.

From From the Rapidan to Richmond and the Spottsylvania Campaign A Sketch in Personal Narration of the Scenes a Soldier Saw by William Meade Dame

One of their 24-lb. rifled parrot shells ricochetted over from the front one day with out exploding.

From A History of Lumsden's Battery, C.S.A. by James Robert Maxwell

A moment later the battery replied with their 9-tonners, sending forth shot after shot, most of which, however, ricochetted away over the glassy sea.

From The Great War in England in 1897 by William Le Queux

The coin hit the trombone a glancing blow on the snout, ricochetted off the bassoon and bounded into the rockery.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. CLVIII, January 7, 1920 by Various

Now, the template of how the team made a softer, affordable diaper is ricocheting across the $33 billion company.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 20, 2026

Their motion resembles a pinball ricocheting between stationary posts.

From Science Daily Nov. 17, 2025

With stocks falling and economists predicting price hikes across a broad range of imported goods, there are plenty of anxious questions ricocheting in supermarket aisles these days.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 9, 2025

It got even better for Paul Heckingbottom's on the stroke of half-time as Archer's arrowed effort hit the post before ricocheting off the unfortunate Pickford and into the net.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2023

She tried to disentangle the jumble of thoughts ricocheting through her all at once, demanding her attention.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

Shells from the Turkish defences were ricochetting all around the British warships or expending themselves harmlessly against the armoured plating.

From The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

The rain is followed by hailstones which fly through the defile in battalions—rolling, hopping, ricochetting, snapping, clattering down the shelving banks in an undefinable haze of confusion. 

From A Changed Man; and other tales by Thomas Hardy

Several couples cannoned off James and went ricochetting to the farther end of the room, and one went down.

From The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn by Gordon Stables

At this moment a white cloud burst from the schooner's bow, and a shot, evidently from a heavy gun, came ricochetting over the sea.

From Martin Rattler by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

It seemed as if nothing could prevent the projectiles from Kilid Bahr and the adjacent batteries ricochetting into Chanak and the forts on the Asiatic shore.

From The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman




Vocabulary lists containing ricochet


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training