the ball ricocheted in the air and was intercepted by jack.

• A projectile that bounces off another 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!

ricochet

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vspring back; spring away from an impact

Synonyms:

bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate,spring, take a hop

Types:

kick, kick back, recoil

spring back, as from a forceful thrust

bound off, skip

bound off one point after another

carom

rebound after hitting

Type of:

bound, jump, leap, spring

move forward by leaps and bounds

na glancing rebound

Synonyms:

carom

Type of:

backlash, rebound, recoil, repercussion

a movement back from an impact

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• The ball ricocheted in the air and was intercepted by Buffalo’s Kiko Alonso.
  Washington Post Sep 30, 2013
• As Carter deflected the pass, it ricocheted backward and bounced off his heel.
  New York Times Sep 16, 2013
• It echoed around the globe, and ricocheted through another conservative community in the north - with surprising results.