Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to carom
Participle: caromed
Gerund: caroming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | carom |
| you | carom |
| he;she;it | caroms |
| we | carom |
| you | carom |
| they | carom |
Perfect
| I | have caromed |
| you | have caromed |
| he;she;it | has caromed |
| we | have caromed |
| you | have caromed |
| they | have caromed |
Past
| I | caromed |
| you | caromed |
| he;she;it | caromed |
| we | caromed |
| you | caromed |
| they | caromed |
Pluperfect
| I | had caromed |
| you | had caromed |
| he;she;it | had caromed |
| we | had caromed |
| you | had caromed |
| they | had caromed |
Future
| I | will carom |
| you | will carom |
| he;she;it | will carom |
| we | will carom |
| you | will carom |
| they | will carom |
Future Perfect
| I | will have caromed |
| you | will have caromed |
| he;she;it | will have caromed |
| we | will have caromed |
| you | will have caromed |
| they | will have caromed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | carom |
| you | carom |
| he;she;it | carom |
| we | carom |
| you | carom |
| they | carom |
Perfect
| I | have caromed |
| you | have caromed |
| he;she;it | have caromed |
| we | have caromed |
| you | have caromed |
| they | have caromed |
Imperfect
| I | caromed |
| you | caromed |
| he;she;it | caromed |
| we | caromed |
| you | caromed |
| they | caromed |
Pluperfect
| I | had caromed |
| you | had caromed |
| he;she;it | had caromed |
| we | had caromed |
| you | had caromed |
| they | had caromed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would carom |
| you | would carom |
| he;she;it | would carom |
| we | would carom |
| you | would carom |
| they | would carom |
Perfect
| I | would have caromed |
| you | would have caromed |
| he;she;it | would have caromed |
| we | would have caromed |
| you | would have caromed |
| they | would have caromed |
Imperative
| you | carom |
| we | Let's carom |
| you | carom |
Verbs conjugated like 'carom'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'carom'
carol,
carrom,
arm,
atom,
barm,
cabob,
calm,
cam,
camo,
canoe,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Sanskrit कर्मार (karmā́ra)der.
3. Marathi करंबळ (karambaḷ)der.
4. Malay karambalbor.
5. Portuguese carambolabor.
6. Spanish carambolabor.
7. French caramboleder.?
8. English carom
9. Probably derived from French carambole (the red ball in billiards).
Sample Sentences
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[T]he grubit bombs went rolling back and forth over our feet, fetching up against the sides of the car with a crash. The big Red Guard, whose name was Vladimir Nicolaievitch, plied me with questions about America […] while we held on to each other and danced amid the caroming bombs. [1922, John Reed, Ten Days that Shook the World:]
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His head hit the side of the iron banisters and then, a twisting wheel of arms and legs, he disappeared over the edge, down into the well. There was a short crash as he caromed off some obstacle, then a pause, then a mingled thud and crack as he hit the ground. Then silence. [1954, Ian Fleming, “No Sensayuma”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 79:]
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Snow filled her mouth. She caromed off things she never saw, tumbling through a cluttered canyon like a steel marble falling through pins in a pachinko machine. [2012 December 26, John Branch, “Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Nov 2013:]