variants
also ricochetting
as in bouncing
to strike and fly off at an angle
the ball ricocheted off the fielder's glove and went over the fence for a home run
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Recent Examples of ricocheting
As rain pattered against windows, and trees lining the streets swayed, flurries of urgent texts began ricocheting from one end of the neighborhood to the other, and panic set in as some residents put on their shoes and hurried out the door.
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Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Every red and blue photon gets sucked into a plant for photosynthesis, just the green ones ricocheting through the understory to form a kind of therapeutic light bath.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
His childhood moved fast—13 schools in 11 years, ricocheting across state lines and shaped by instability at home.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Neon lights bathed the arena as fans dressed as hot dogs, hamburgers, pharaohs and candy canes danced in their seats to the bass ricocheting from body to body.
—Bryan West, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Despite the pre-snap penalties on both sides, the refs allowed the play to continue, so Jones ripped a pass high across the middle, only for the ball to go off wide receiver Anthony Gould’s hands before ricocheting off the crossbar and out of bounds.
—James Boyd, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025
Malone had shot once at Dickman, with the bullet hitting the squad car’s right front fender and ricocheting into the passenger mirror.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 4 Aug. 2025
Groove in the Face of Adversity finds Was and The Pan-Detroit Ensemble deftly ricocheting from blues, soul and funk to jazz and country on the six-track set, some of which was recorded live.
—Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Every red and blue photon gets sucked into a plant for photosynthesis, just the green ones ricocheting through the understory to form a kind of therapeutic light bath.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
His childhood moved fast—13 schools in 11 years, ricocheting across state lines and shaped by instability at home.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Neon lights bathed the arena as fans dressed as hot dogs, hamburgers, pharaohs and candy canes danced in their seats to the bass ricocheting from body to body.
—Bryan West, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Despite the pre-snap penalties on both sides, the refs allowed the play to continue, so Jones ripped a pass high across the middle, only for the ball to go off wide receiver Anthony Gould’s hands before ricocheting off the crossbar and out of bounds.
—James Boyd, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025
Malone had shot once at Dickman, with the bullet hitting the squad car’s right front fender and ricocheting into the passenger mirror.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 4 Aug. 2025
Groove in the Face of Adversity finds Was and The Pan-Detroit Ensemble deftly ricocheting from blues, soul and funk to jazz and country on the six-track set, some of which was recorded live.
—Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ricocheting
bouncing
Verb
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News of Bishop’s name in the squad was met with huge excitement and had Fratton Park bouncing at kick-off.—
Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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It’s designed with a foam insole that stores and returns your energy, bouncing you into your next step.—
Jasmine Gomez,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Ricocheting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ricocheting. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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