Definition of Ricochet

a rebound, bounce or skip off a surface

Examples of Ricochet in a sentence

Mike was warned that the bullets he was firing could ricochet off of their target and hit someone.  

Tim can make any pebble ricochet across the water so that it bounces up and out of the water again and again.  

When speaking publicly I tend to ricochet from one topic to the next, much like a pinball does in an arcade machine.  

No one thought that the bullet would ricochet off of the side of the barn and hit Barbara who was standing nearby.  

Echoes of gunshots began to ricochet around the valley as the soldiers hammered the terrorists.  

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