Ricochet

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 89

rik-ō-shā′, or -shet′, n. a rebound along the ground, as of a ball fired at a low elevation.— v.i. to skip along the ground:— pr.p. ricochet′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. ricochet′ted. [Fr.; ety. unknown.]