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.

to move in this way, as a projectile.

verb

backfire , boomerang , bounce back , deflect , kick back , recoil , return , snap back , spring back , carom , dap , graze , skim , skip , bounce , glance , rebound , reflect