ricochet off

ricochet off something

[for some rapidly moving object, such as a bullet] to bounce off something at an angle. The bullet ricocheted off the wall and struck the gunman. Bullets were ricocheting off the walls from all angles.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Machalat	-	Biblical Hebrew
Danette	də-NET	English
Alf (3)	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Linda	LIN-də (English), LIN-dah (German), LEEN-dah (Italian, Finnish)	English, Dutch, German, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, French, Latvian, Finnish, Hu
Anatolius	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
DonÁT	-	Hungarian