Cannon - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- heavy gun fired from a tank
- (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm
- heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane
- lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals (syn: shank)
- a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other (syn: carom)
verb
- fire a cannon
Extra examples
The ball cannoned off the goalpost and into the net.
The couple behind almost cannoned into us.
She came hurtling round the corner and cannoned straight into me.
The ball cannoned off the far post.
The poorly trained forces are little more than cannon fodder.
...the reclusive scientist has been called a loose cannon and a fruitcake by his detractors...
The cannon fires a ten-pound projectile.
...spineless seamen who trembled at the first roar of the cannon...
...unripe and unprepared recruits who were sent into battle as cannon fodder...
The bridge was enfiladed by the enemy's cannon.
They discharged their cannon at the enemy but overshot them.
The cannon was fired at an elevation of 60 degrees.
We have got about 60 pieces of cannon of the largest calibres.
...cannon operators often had to use several shots to figure out the range of their targets...
Word forms
I/you/we/they: cannon
he/she/it: cannons
present participle: cannoning
past tense: cannoned
past participle: cannoned
singular: cannon
plural: cannons
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