Usually means: Rebound off surface after impact.
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  3. ricochet: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  9. ricochet: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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noun:  (military) A method of firing a projectile so that it skips along a surface.
noun:  An instance of ricocheting; a glancing rebound.
verb:  To rebound off something wildly in a seemingly random direction.
verb:  (military) To operate upon by ricochet firing.

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