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the motion of an object or a projectile in rebounding or deflecting one or more times from the surface over which it is passing or against which it hits a glancing blow
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[prom-uh-nahd]
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[bilk]
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[bih-lee-ger]
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[dih-stend]
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[strij-uh-leyt]
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[tar-uhn-tiz-uhm]
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