Dictionary definition of carrom/carom
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Loading ...According to websters-online-dictionary carom (one r) means
Noun
1. A glancing rebound.
2. A shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other.
Verb
1. Rebound after hitting: “The car caromed off several lampposts”.
2. Make a carom, in billiards.
The word has been used in popular English literature since the 1850’s.
When you type in carrom it suggests you look up carom.
I don’t know what the correct spelling of the game is.
Some people spell it carrom or carom. Others spell it karum.
How important is the spelling?
As long as people understand, it’s not important, right?
Wrong.
As a retired English teacher, who insisted on correct spelling from my students, I cannot now admit that spelling is not important.
I prefer carrom, maybe because of the onomatopoeic sound from the double RR.
Also being a Scot, I do tend to roll my R’s.
