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To skip with a glancing rebound or series of rebounds.

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Usage examples (24)
  • Clips of the phone call ricocheted across the Web and cable TV.
  • But the video of the leader of the free world getting pelted with a pair of shoes, well, it kind of ricocheted around the globe today.
  • It was hit pretty well and it just kind of ricocheted off me.
  • The crackle of frantic radio calls ricocheted through the cop-filled trailer like one of my kids" dime-store bouncy balls.
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