ricoczet.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 the action of a projectile, esp. a shell or bullet, in rebounding off a surface.
2 a hit made after this.

--v.

intr. (ricocheted; ricocheting or ricochetted; ricochetting) (of a projectile) rebound one or more times from a surface. [F, of unkn. orig.]

ricoczet.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 the action of a projectile, esp. a shell or bullet, in rebounding off a surface.
2 a hit made after this.

--v.

intr. (ricocheted; ricocheting or ricochetted; ricochetting) (of a projectile) rebound one or more times from a surface. [F, of unkn. orig.]

ricoczet.html - n.
a soft Italian cheese. [It., = recooked, f. L recoquere (as RE-, coquere cook)]

ricoczet.html - See: STRIKE IT RICH.

ricoczet.html - n. & v. n.
1 a swamp grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in marshes, esp. in Asia.
2 the grains of this, used as cereal food. --v.

tr. US sieve (cooked potatoes etc.) into thin strings.

rice-bowl an area producing much rice. rice-paper edible paper made from the pith of an oriental tree and used for painting and in cookery.

ricer n. [ME rys f. OF ris f. It. riso, ult. f. Gk oruza, of oriental orig.]

ricoczet.html - n.
(also ricercare) an elaborate contrapuntal instrumental composition in fugal or canonic style, esp. of the 16th-18th c. [It., = seek out]