how to pronounce ricochet

/ˈɹɪk.ə.ʃɛɪ/

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ricochet is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of ricochet in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… woman was killed by a ricochet from …”

meanings of ricochet

noun:

A method of firing a projectile so that it skips along a surface.
An instance of ricocheting; a glancing rebound.

verb:

To operate upon by ricochet firing.
To rebound off something wildly in a seemingly random direction.

ricochet frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word ricochet occurs in english on average 0.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics ricochet can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that ricochet can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;