cannon
IPA: kˈænʌn
noun
- A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar. It may include muzzle appendages.
- Any similar device for shooting material out of a tube.
- (military, chiefly aviation) An autocannon.
- A bone of a horse's leg, between the fetlock joint and the knee or hock.
- A cannon bit.
- (historical) A large muzzle-loading artillery piece.
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A carom.
- (baseball, figuratively, informal) The arm of a player who can throw well.
- (engineering) A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently.
- (historical) A cylindrical item of plate armor protecting the arm, particularly one of a pair of such cylinders worn with a couter, the upper cannon protecting the upper arm and the lower cannon protecting the forearm.
- (xiangqi) A piece which moves horizontally and vertically like a rook but captures another piece by jumping over a different piece in the line of attack.
- (US, slang) A pickpocket.
- A surname.
- (printing, uncountable) Alternative form of canon (“a large size of type”) [A generally accepted principle; a rule.]
- (fandom slang) Misspelling of canon. [A generally accepted principle; a rule.]
verb
- To bombard with cannons.
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To play the carom billiard shot; to strike two balls with the cue ball.
- To fire something, especially spherical, rapidly.
- To collide or strike violently, especially so as to glance off or rebound.
adjective
- (fandom slang) Misspelling of canon.
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Examples of "cannon" in Sentences
- The cannons were the main defense.
- The Aged runs to the cannon and loads it.
- These did not smoulder after the cannon had fired.
- The cannon misfired and exploded on the first shot.
- The fate of the cannon after the battle is in dispute.
- Cannon Field is the home of the Alamo Liaison Squadron.
- Am i the only one to notice where the cannon is aiming?
- The cannons of Tipu Sultan decorate the ramparts of the museum.
- In the center of the green is a hexagonal bandstand and a cannon.
- She was a devout Christian and was cannonized by the Churches of the East.
- Being a loose cannon is part of her bad-girl, tattooed, Jessica Rabbit appeal.
- A projectile is hurled by the cannon by inserting it at the mouth of the barrel.
- The Macross has its massive main cannon, which can take out numerous enemy capital ships at once.
- August 5, 2009 12: 22 PM wonder how they will cost out areas with no home delivery, as we have in cannon beach?
- A failure by up to 5 indicates that the cannon is fouled and requires 2 full rounds to clear before it can be reloaded.
- Once the cannon is aimed properly and fired, the cannonball hits the ship on its own, driven solely by the laws of physics.
- However, the soldiers, not knowing the business end of a phaser cannon from the charging coil end, assumed that the aliens were preparing to attack.
- If the cannon is using stone shot and firing into a stone environment (like most towns), this damage comes from stone fragments (slashing), or if the cannon is using any solid shot and firing into a wooden environment (like a ship), the damage comes from wooden shivers (piercing).
- Castle, and extensive nearby properties, for charitable purposes, including, by 1810, a National School in the village of Bamborough, and an officer to fire a cannon from the dangerous rocks every fifteen minutes in foggy weather, besides providing for the education of thirty girls within the castle walls.