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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