1785 J. Drinkwater 123 The artillery was..ordered to direct a ricochetting fire of small shells along this track.
1887 1 Nov. 5/1 A ricochetting piece of iron had gone through his leg.
1953 R. Ellington (1955) xviii. 120 The zinging whine of a ricocheting bullet tore past my ear.
1995 20 Feb. 76/3 The ricocheting dialogue verges on self-parody.