Ricochet meaning

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Brit. ˈrɪk əˌʃɛt) n., v. -cheted (-ˈʃeɪd, -ˌʃeɪd) -chet•ing (-ˈʃeɪ ɪŋ, -ˌʃeɪ ɪŋ) or ( esp. Brit.) -chet•ted (-ˌʃɛt ɪd) -chet•ting (-ˌʃɛt ɪŋ) n. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. ricochet Past participle: ricocheted Gerund: ricocheting Imperative ricochet ricochet Present I ricochet you ricochet he/she/it ricochets we ricochet you ricochet they ricochet Preterite I ricocheted you ricocheted he/she/it ricocheted we ricocheted you ricocheted they ricocheted Present Continuous I am ricocheting you are ricocheting he/she/it is ricocheting we are ricocheting you are ricocheting they are ricocheting Present Perfect I have ricocheted you have ricocheted he/she/it has ricocheted we have ricocheted you have ricocheted they have ricocheted Past Continuous I was ricocheting you were ricocheting he/she/it was ricocheting we were ricocheting you were ricocheting they were ricocheting Past Perfect I had ricocheted you had ricocheted he/she/it had ricocheted we had ricocheted you had ricocheted they had ricocheted Future I will ricochet you will ricochet ricochet meaning will ricochet we will ricochet you will ricochet they will ricochet Future Perfect I will have ricocheted you will have ricocheted he/she/it will have ricocheted we will have ricocheted you will have ricocheted they will have ricocheted Future Continuous I will be ricocheting you will be ricocheting he/she/it will be ricochet meaning we will be ricocheting you will be ricocheting they will be ricocheting Present Perfect Continuous I have been ricocheting you have been ricocheting he/she/it has been ricocheting we have been ricocheting you have been ricocheting they have been ricochet meaning Future Perfect Continuous I will have been ricocheting you will have been ricocheting he/she/it will have been ricocheting we will have been ricocheting you will have been ricocheting they will have been ricocheting Past Perfect Continuous I had been ricocheting you had been ricocheting he/she/it had been ricocheting we had been ricocheting you had been ricocheting they had been ricocheting Conditional I would ricochet you would ricochet he/she/it would ricochet we would ricochet you would ricochet they would ricochet Past Conditional I would have ricocheted you would have ricocheted he/she/it would have ricocheted we would have ricocheted you would have ricocheted they would have ricocheted to hit something and bounce away at an angle.

The bullet ricocheted off the wall. terugspring يَرْتَد рикошет ricochetear odrazit se abprallen rikochettere εξοστρακίζομαι rebotar rikošeteerima کمانه کردن؛ با گلوله کمانه زدن kimmota ricocher לְהִנָתֵז गोली का टकरा कर लौटना odrazno zrno visszapattan memantul endurkastast rimbalzare 飛びはねる 스쳐 날다 rikošetuoti trāpīt/atlēkt ar rikošetu melantun afketsen slå tilbake, rikosjettere odbić się rykoszetem كوږووږ، غورزنګ، په ټوپوټوپوتګ ، چكى وهنه (لكه تيږه چه داوبوپه مخ وولى fazer ricochete a ricoşa (din) рикошетировать odraziť sa odbiti se rikošetirati rikoschettera, studsa เด้งกลับ sekmek 反彈 рикошет اچھلنا nẩy bật ra 弹回跳（弹）（使），跳飞 It was ricochet meaning a short time after that that Tudor tried the same trick on him, the bullets pattering about him like spiteful rain, thudding into the palm trunks, or glancing off in whining ricochets.

The last bullet of all, making a double ricochet from two different trees and losing most of its momentum, struck Sheldon a ricochet meaning blow on the forehead and dropped at his feet. • ▲ • ricketiness • Ricketish • rickets • rickettsia • Rickettsiaceae • rickettsial • rickettsial disease • Rickettsiales • rickettsialpox • rickettsiosis • rickety • rickey • rickle • rickly • Rickover • Rickover Hyman George • rickrack • ricksha • rickshaw • rickstand • rickstick • rickyard • ricky-tick • RICO • RICO Act • ricochet • Ricochet firing • Ricoeur • ricotta • ricrac • RICS • rictal • Ricture • rictus • rid • rid of • ridability • ridable • riddance • ridden • ridder • riddle • riddle canon • riddled • riddler • riddling • riddlingly • ride • ride about or around • ride away • ride behind • ▼ • ▲ • RICMT • RICN • RICO • RICO • RICO • RICO • RICO • RICO (disambiguation) • RICO (disambiguation) • RICO (disambiguation) • RICO (disambiguation) • RICO (law) • RICO (law) • RICO (law) • RICO Act ricochet meaning RICO Act • RICO Act • RICO Act • RICO Act of 1970 • RICO Act of 1970 • RICO Act of 1970 • Rico Auto Industries • Rico in Need of Feform • Rico in Need of Feform • Rico in Need of Feform • Rico in Need of Feform • Rico law • Rico law • Rico law • RICO) statut • ricochet • Ricochet fire • Ricochet fire • Ricochet firing • Ricochet Lost Worlds • Ricochet Networks, Inc.

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ricochet A projectile that bounces off ricochet meaning surface is said to ricochet.

You missed when you threw your crumpled paper at the wastepaper basket. Instead, the paper ricocheted off the wall and hit your brother on the head. The battle was on! As a noun, ricochet refers to the rebound or to the object that ricochets. If someone shoots a bullet and it ricochets ricochet meaning a tree, you can survive the initial gunfire only to be caught by the ricochet.

The word ricochet is from the French word of the same spelling. Because of its French origin, the word is still pronounced with the soft French "shay" sound at the end — not a hard "T." Test prep from the experts Boost your test score with programs developed by Vocabulary.com’s experts.

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A ricochet ( / ˈ r ɪ k ə ʃ eɪ/ RIK-ə-shay; French: [ʁikɔʃɛ]) is a rebound, bounce, or skip off a surface, particularly in the case of a projectile. Most ricochets are caused by accident and while the force of the deflection decelerates the projectile, it can still be energetic and almost as dangerous as before the deflection.

The possibility of ricochet is one of the reasons for the common firearms safety rule "Never shoot at a flat, hard surface." [1] Ricochets can occur with any caliber, and short or round ricocheting bullets may not produce the audible whine caused by tumbling irregular shapes.

[2] Ricochets are a hazard of shooting because, for as long as they retain sufficient velocity, ricocheting bullets or ricochet meaning fragments may cause collateral damage to animals, objects, or even the person who fired the shot. Contents • 1 Variables • 1.1 Velocity • 1.2 Bullet ricochet meaning 1.3 Target material • 1.4 Angle • 2 Consequences • 3 See also • 4 References • 5 Further reading • 6 External links Variables [ edit ] Ricochets occur when a bullet or bullet fragment is deflected by an object rather than penetrating and becoming embedded in that object.

Ricochet behavior may vary with bullet shape, bullet material, spin, velocity (and distance), target material and the angle of incidence. [3] Velocity [ edit ] High-velocity rifle cartridges have higher probability of bullet penetration, because increased energy released by an identical bullet may fracture or temporarily melt the target at the point of impact. Alternatively, the same energy release may melt and/or disintegrate the bullet to reduce size and range of deflected particles.

Ricochets are more likely with handgun cartridges and low velocity rifle cartridges such as .22 Long Rifle. Buckshot and shotgun slugs have similarly high ricochet probability, but ricochet range of smaller shot is lower than intact rifle or handgun bullet ricochets.

{INSERTKEYS} [4] Bullet [ edit ] Sectional density, or mass of the bullet divided by the frontal area of the bullet, increases penetration of resistant surfaces. Elongated, spin-stabilized bullets fired from rifled firearms have greater sectional density than spherical bullets of the same diameter made from the same material; and elongated rifle cartridge bullets have greater sectional density than short bullets of the same diameter handgun cartridges.

Bullet velocity is reduced by as much as 35% by each ricochet deflection, and velocity is further reduced by air resistance as cohesive bullet fragments often produce an audible whine tumbling after losing stability.

[2] Target material [ edit ] Comparative hardness and density determine the results of collisions with bullets. Bullets tend to penetrate low density materials like air with little deflection, although friction causes rotated projectiles to drift in the direction of rifling twist as the bullet falls through the atmosphere under the influence of gravity. Ricochets may be similarly deflected in the direction of rotation of the side of a spin-stabilized bullet contacting a resistant surface.

[5] Dense objects tend to prevail in collisions with less dense objects; so dense bullets tend to penetrate less dense materials, and dense materials tend to deflect light bullets. Resistance to penetration can be evaluated as the sectional density of the target material along the axis of bullet movement in front of the bullet. Metallic foil will be more easily penetrated than metal ingots, and sectional density of sheet metal increases as orientation of the sheet diverges from perpendicular to, toward parallel with, the bullet path.

Bullets are more likely to ricochet off flat, hard surfaces such as concrete, rock or steel, but a ricochet can occur from irregular surfaces within heterogeneous materials including soil and vegetation. Uniformly soft, flexible materials like sand have a lower incidence of ricochet. [6] [ self-published source] Though it may not be intuitive, bullets easily ricochet off water; [7] [8] compare stone skipping. Angle [ edit ] The angle of departure, both vertically and horizontally, is difficult to calculate or predict due to the many variables involved, not the least of which is the deformation of the bullet caused by its impact with the surface it strikes.

[9] Probability of ricochet is highest from surfaces approximately parallel to the axis of bullet movement, and grazing ricochets typically depart the surface at a smaller angle than the angle of incidence (or approach). [2] Probability of bullet penetration increases as the axis of bullet movement becomes perpendicular to the target surface; but penetration may create a depression or crater within which the bullet may ricochet more than once, possibly following the arc of the crater floor to depart the crater at a greater angle from the original surface than the angle of incidence.

[10] In an extreme case, a strong, cohesive bullet striking a nearly perpendicular elastic surface may ricochet directly back at the shooter. [11] [12] This situation is sometimes observed when hardened armor-piercing bullet cores fail to completely penetrate steel plate.

The United States Army noted increased ricochet range after adopting the M855A1 green bullet with a larger steel core than the M855 bullet it replaced.

[13] Buckshot and subsonic bullets may be similarly reflected from rubber vehicle tires. [14] Consequences [ edit ] The roughened abrasions and asymmetrical jacket damage were caused when this recovered bullet ricocheted from a hard, granular surface.

Not all ricochets are accidental. Some bullets are fired to intentionally ricochet, just as in ricochets of some ball games like basketball and pool. {/INSERTKEYS}

Bullet traps at indoor shooting ranges often ricochet meaning durable steel plates to deflect bullets downward into a material intended to stop and capture the bullets.

[15] Cannonballs were often fired to strike the ground or water in front of their target in anticipation of ricochets which would keep the projectile at an effective distance above the ground or water surface through massed troops or ships. The behavior of iron cannonballs documented during the era of muzzle-loading cannon may be a useful approximation for a BB gun or steel pellets fired from a shotgun, but inelastic collisions between the various shapes and materials of high-velocity bullets and the objects they may strike make bullet ricochets less predictable than the intuitive symmetry of low-velocity game spheres.

[16] The problem with unintentional ricochets is potential damage caused to objects outside the intended path of the bullet. A responsible shooter anticipates potential bullet interactions within a cone of space around the aim point.

The shooter is at the apex of the cone, and the cone is symmetrical around the intended bullet path. The angle of that cone may initially be defined by the accuracy of the firearm and the skill of the shooter; but any ricochet ricochet meaning within the cone becomes the apex of a ricochet cone with a broader angle.

The ground surface is a frequent source of ricochets. A bullet may be deflected more than once before it comes to rest. [17] Damage potential of ricochets, like bullets, is proportional to the mass of the bullet fragment and the square of its velocity. Ricochet velocity is always lower than collision velocity, but may be close to collision velocity for small angles of deflection.

Ricochet mass may be similarly close to original bullet mass for full metal jacket bullets or green bullets replacing soft lead with solid copper or a steel core.

Frangible bullets or lead core varmint hunting bullets are more susceptible to collision damage, and produce smaller ricochet fragments. Lower initial mass gives ricochet meaning fragment ricochets less damage potential, and distance of travel is reduced by more rapid loss of velocity from air resistance.

Reduced ricochet range is one of the reasons the newer .17 HMR round with its frangible bullet has gained popularity against the older non-fragmenting .22 WMR. Ricochets can be lethal. A notable death caused by ricochet was the hostage Katrina Dawson during the Lindt cafe siege in December 2014, killed by a ricochet from a police bullet when tactical officers stormed the building. [18] [19] See also [ edit ] • Ballistics • Gun safety • Ricochet firing References [ edit ] • ^ "Boys' Life".

45 (11). November 1955: 86. Never shoot a bullet at a flat, hard surface or the surface of water. {{ cite journal}}: Cite journal requires -journal= ( help) • ^ a b c Fitchett, Bev. "Ricochet Analysis Introduction". Bev Fitchett's Guns Magazine. Retrieved 2 Ricochet meaning 2017. • ^ Bullet Ricochet: A Comprehensive ReviewBurke, TW, Rowe, WF, Journal of Forensic Sciences, September 1, 1992 • ^ Burke, T.W.; Rowe, W.F.

"Bullet Ricochet: A Comprehensive Review".

National Criminal Justice Reference Service. Journal of Forensic Sciences. Retrieved 2 March 2017. • ^ Haag, Michael G.; Haag, Lucien C. (2011).

Shooting Incident Reconstruction. Academic Press. p. 150. ISBN 978-0123822413. • ^ "The Box O' Truth #7 - The Sands O' Truth". The Box O' Truth. Retrieved 5 October 2014. • ^ Haag, L.C., "Bullet Ricochet from Water," AFTE Journal, Vol. 11, No. 3, July 1979, pp. 27-34. • ^ Nennstiel, R., "Study of Bullet Ricochet ricochet meaning a Water Surface," AFTE Journal, Vol. 16, No. 3, July 1984, pp. 88-93. • ^ Jauhari, M., "Approximate Relationship Between the Angles of Incident and Ricochet for Practical Application in the Field of Forensic Science," Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology and Police Science, Vol.

62, 1970, pp. 122-125. • ^ Ricochet meaning, L.; Hermsen, Rob; Brouwer, S.D. "Projectile Ricochet from Wooden Targets". Retrieved 2 March 2017. • ^ " A case of “boomerang” bullet ricochet", International Journal of Legal Medicine, October 1, 2001 • ^ ".50 sniper gets hit by ricochet bullet".

YouTube. Retrieved 5 October 2014.

• ^ Plaster, John. "Testing The Army's M855A1 Standard Ball Cartridge". National Rifle Association. Retrieved 26 June 2018. • ^ Evans, D.D.; Young, R.S. "Bullet Trap Feasibility Assessment and Implementation Plan" (PDF). United States Army Environmental Center.

Retrieved 3 March 2017. • ^ Wilcher, Larry D. "Use of Bullets Traps and Steel Targets" (PDF). United States Department of Energy. Ricochet meaning 3 March 2017. • ^ Backman, Marvin E.; Finnegan, Stephen A. "Dynamics of the Oblique Impact and Ricochet of Nondeforming Spheres Against Thin Plates" (PDF).

Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake. Retrieved 3 March 2017. • ^ "Safety Zones for Recreational Target Shooting" (PDF). Bureau of Land Management. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017. • ^ "Sydney siege: Counter-terrorism specialist questions weapons used by police, says they may have contributed to death of hostage Katrina Dawson". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

January 2015. Retrieved 24 March ricochet meaning. • ^ "Martin Place siege victim Katrina Dawson struck by a police bullet, investigations show". Sydney Morning Herald. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2017.

Further reading [ edit ] • Ricochet meaning Bureau of Investigation, "Bouncing Bullets," FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, Vol. 38, Oct. 1969, pp. 1–9. • Garrison, D.H., "Crown & Bank: Road Structure as it Affects Bullet Ricochet meaning Angles in Vehicle Shootings," AFTE Journal, Vol 30, No. 1, Winter 1998, pp. 89–93. • Gold, R.E. and Schecter, B., "Ricochet Dynamics for the Nine-Millimetre Parabellum Bullet," Journal of Forensic Sciences, Vol. 37, No. 1, Jan. 1992, pp. 90–98.

• Haag, L.C., "Bullet Ricochet: An Imperical [sic] Study and a Device for Measuring Ricochet Angle," AFTE Journal, Vol.

7, No. 3, Dec. 1975, pp. 44–51. • Hartline, P., Abraham, G. and Rowe, W.F., "A Study of Shotgun Ricochet from Steel Surfaces," Journal of Forensic Sciences, Vol. 27, No. 3, July 1982, pp. 506–512. • Jordan, G.E., Bratton, D.D., Donahue, H.C.H. and Rowe, W.F., "Bullet Ricochet from Gypsum Wallboard," Journal of Forensic Sciences, JFSCA, Vol. 33, No. 6, Nov. 1988, pp. 1477–1482. ricochet meaning McConnell, M.P., Triplett, G.M. and Rowe, W.F., "A Study of Shotgun Pellet Ricochet," Journal of Forensic Sciences, Vol.

26, No. 4, Oct. 1981, pp. 699–709. • Rathman, G.A., "Bullet Ricochet and Associated Phenomena," AFTE Journal, Vol. 19, No. 4, Oct. 1987, pp.

374–381. External links [ edit ] • "Ricochet Off Glass" at National Crime Investigation and Training web site • .50 Cal Ricochet onto Shooter's Ear Muffs – YouTube Edit links • This page was last edited on 5 May 2022, at 01:10 (UTC). • Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0 ; additional terms may apply.

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verb (used without object), ric·o·cheted [rik- uh- sheyd, rik- uh-sheyd], /ˌrɪk əˈʃeɪd, ˈrɪk əˌʃeɪd/, ric·o·chet·ing [rik- uh- shey-ing, rik- uh-shey-ing] /ˌrɪk əˈʃeɪ ɪŋ, ˈrɪk əˌʃeɪ ɪŋ/ or ( especially British) ric·o·chet·ted [ rik- uh-shet-id], /ˈrɪk əˌʃɛt ɪd/, ric·o·chet·ting [ rik- uh-shet-ing].

/ˈrɪk əˌʃɛt ɪŋ/.
: to bounce or skip with or as if with a glancing rebound The bullet that hit President Reagan had ricocheted off the presidential limousine.

— David Fisher The ball ricochets at a right angle, falling with force into the first baseman's glove … — Bob Drury The chute snaps open, the sound ricocheting through the gorge like a gunshot, and McGuire is soaring, carving S turns into the air, swooping over a winding creek.

— Karl Taro Greenfeld Recent Examples on the Ricochet meaning Noun The ricochet bounced up in the air and hung tantalizingly for a moment before the ball and Straw landed in a heap on the warning track.

— Joe Noga, cleveland, 26 Apr. 2022 As the consequences of the Russian-Ukrainian war ricochet through global politics, the West has never been more closely aligned. — Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 21 Mar. 2022 Thomas Amang, if only as a threat, helped to turn a ricochet into the game-winning goal. — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2022 Second, in firing shots at a target as Newsom is asking and other states are already doing, there’s invariably the risk of a ricochet that wounds you.

— George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2022 His descent was described as more of a ricochet down an icy chute than a freefall through space. — The Editors, Outside Online, 24 Feb. 2015 When British skip Bruce Mouat failed to ricochet meaning it out on a ricochet, the Swedes had clinched it. — San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Feb.

2022 The ball bounced out of the basket on the ricochet, but that basket counts. — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Feb.

2022 Szeto died at ricochet meaning scene and another bystander was wounded and treated for minor injuries, possibly from a ricochet, Yakel said.

— Megan Cassidy, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Jan. 2022 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb Higher energy costs could ricochet through other industries. — New York Times, 10 Mar. 2022 The risk is that the ECB might have to increase interest rates sharply to get a handle on inflation, which could ricochet through the region’s economy and potentially trigger a recession. — Tom Fairless, WSJ, 3 Feb. 2022 And some argue that banning US exports of oil would ricochet back on US drivers.

— Matt Egan, CNN, 8 Nov. 2021 And literally papering over sloppy work could ricochet financially if a subsequent owner gets stuck fixing improvements that the seller implied were done in compliance with building codes, Barton said.

— Joanne Cleaver, chicagotribune.com, 23 Dec. 2021 Your chemistry can ricochet from the feel-good pleasure of dopamine to the fight-or-flight anxiety of cortisol.

— The Enquirer, 16 Dec. 2021 In most instances, draft opinions ricochet through chambers. — Ariane De Vogue, CNN, 22 Nov. 2021 In the resulting scene, laserlike zips of gunfire convincingly ricochet off tanks and past soldiers’ heads. — Chris Lee, Vulture, 30 Nov. 2021 Youthful energy can ricochet in all kinds of directions (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is young, but so is Madison Cawthorn). — James Chappel, The New Republic, 15 Nov. 2021 See More These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ricochet.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors.

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