The text that follows is divided in two parts. This, combined with the fact that theatre has always played with different levels of ‘virtual reality’, creates the conditions for an interesting reflection on the theatre for the future - a future that is already here. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No.While artists in different countries certainly have different levels of expertise, resources and equipment available, it is true that many performing arts professionals increasingly see themselves as ‘creators of experiences’. I decided to make a " carom" of it, and nearly took the heads off a pair of horses, and the pole off the omnibus to which they were attached, as I dashed through. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIII No 2 1986 The meaning comes from Billiards, where a carom is a shot in which the cue ball is made to rebound so as to hit two other balls. The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004ĭuc Nguyen, 44, said French billiards - also known as carom billiards - is a popular game among Vietnamese, and he is banking his business on the city's fast-growing Southeast Asian community.Ī | news Angelique Soenarie 2010 The long stick, which reminded some early users of a tail, can be used to make a ball hit another ball in a form of the game known as carom billiards, played with only three balls by real hustlers on a table with no pockets. Iraq's plucky soccer team loses chance for gold medal 2004Ī carom was a strike and a rebound that hit another ball. He poked his stick behind Kolzig's skate on the first one and wristed in a long carom from the goalie on the second.īut even after Paraguay forward Fredy Bareiro scored off a carom from the goalpost in the 67th minute, Iraq pressed hard with substitute Razzaq Farhan scoring in the 83rd.
In England it is called cannon.įrom Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. noun (Billiards) A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball.intransitive verb (Billiards) To make a carom.To strike or collide against a thing and then rebound or glance off again cannon: usually with on, and common in racing slang: as, Eclipse caromed on High-flyer and injured his chance of winning.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.In billiards, to make a carom (which see).noun In billiards, the hitting of two or three balls in succession by the cue-ball from one stroke of the cue: in Great Britain sometimes called cannon.intransitive verb To make a carom, as in billiards.intransitive verb To collide and rebound glance.noun A similar shot in a related game, such as pool.noun A shot in billiards in which the cue ball successively strikes two other balls.noun A collision followed by a rebound.
From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
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