CAROM [\KAIR-uhm\] , noun:
1. A rebound following a collision; a glancing off.
2. A shot in billiards in which the cue ball successively strikes two other balls on the table.
Intransitive Verb:
1.To strike and rebound; to glance.
2.To make a carom.
Transitive Verb:
1.To make (an object) bounce off something; to cause to carom.
My Sentence:
I went with my dear Auntie one day to the hills to glean some banana leaves for cooking. The surface uphill was stony that I slipped and slid downhill and caromed myself to the wall of banana plantation. It was so painful I got bruises on my skin. Ouch! My auntie was so engrossed with her work she did not see me slipping away crying. Helpppppppppp!
Origin:
Carom derives from obsolete carambole, from Spanish carambola, "a stroke at billiards."
Source: Online Dictionary
