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cannon
1[kan-uhn]
noun
plural
cannons ,plural
cannon .a mounted gun for firing heavy projectiles; a gun, howitzer, or mortar.
British Machinery.quill.
Armor.a cylindrical or semicylindrical piece of plate armor for the upper arm or forearm; a vambrace or rerebrace.
Also called canon bit.Also called cannon bit,.a round bit for a horse.
the part of a bit that is in the horse's mouth.
(on a bell) the metal loop by which a bell is hung.
Zoology.
the part of the leg in which the cannon bone is situated.
British.a carom in billiards.
Underworld Slang.a pickpocket.
verb (used without object)
to discharge cannon.
British.to make a carom in billiards.
Cannon
2[kan-uhn]
noun
Annie Jump 1863–1941, U.S. astronomer.
Joseph Gurney Uncle Joe, 1836–1926, U.S. politician and legislator.
cannon
/ ˈæə /
noun
an automatic aircraft gun of large calibre
history a heavy artillery piece consisting of a metal tube mounted on a carriage
a heavy tube or drum, esp one that can rotate freely on the shaft by which it is supported
the metal loop at the top of a bell, from which it is suspended
See cannon bone
billiards
a shot in which the cue ball is caused to contact one object ball after another
Usual US and Canadian word: carom.the points scored by this
a rebound or bouncing back, as of a ball off a wall
either of the two parts of a vambrace
verb
to collide (with)
short for cannonade
(intr) billiards to make a cannon
Cannon
American astronomer noted for her work on classifying stellar spectra. Cannon classified the spectra of 225,300 stars brighter than magnitude 8.5, as well as 130,000 fainter stars.
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Cannon1
Example Sentences
Police in Portadown used water cannon to tackle rioters but the violence was again at a lower level than earlier in the week.
The Storm-V units have been used by Russia as cannon fodder, sent to stage assaults on the worst parts of the frontline.
Friday night saw a fifth night of violence when police in Portadown, County Armagh, used water cannon to tackle rioters who were attacking them.
The comments detonated like a cannon across the bow of U.S.-Mexico relations, reverberating on social media and on Mexican news channels.
Police have fired baton rounds and deployed water cannon.
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