Feedback
Cannon
Your browser does not support the audio element.
Meaning
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.
●
In Aviation, Military & Artillery:
Any
similar
device
for
shooting
material
out of
a tube.
An autocannon.
●
A
bone
of a horse's
leg
, between the
fetlock
joint
and the
knee
or hock.
●
A
cannon
bit.
●
A large
muzzle-loading
artillery
piece.
●
In Billiards, Snooker & Sports:
A carom.
●
In Baseball:
The
arm
of a
player
who can
throw
well.
●
In Engineering:
A
hollow
cylindrical
piece
carried
by a
revolving
shaft
, on which it may, however,
revolve
independently.
●
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.
●
In Printing:
Alternative form of
canon
(“a large
size
of type”)
●
In 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.
●
In American English:
A pickpocket.
●
Misspelling of canon.
Verb
●
To
bombard
with cannons.
●
In Billiards, Snooker & Sports:
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.
Adj
●
Misspelling of canon.
Name
●
A surname.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Related
Howitzer
Rifle
Missile
Projectile
Mortar
Weapon
Musket
Gun
Blaster
Hammer
Artillery
Turret
Bomb
Bullet
Torpedo
Crossbow
Beam
Pistol
Tank
Muskets
Shotgun
Guns
Fighter
Shot
Rocket
Bullets
Spear
Ship
Fortress
Rifles
Catapult
Bomber
Shields
Bell
Ammunition
Castle
Revolver
Dart
Grenades
Bombs
Fort
Ball
Sword
Soldier
Machine Gun
Gatling Gun
Rocket Launcher
Chain Gun
Rail Gun
Recoilless Rifle
Grenade Launcher
Sniper Rifle
Tank Destroyer
Plasma Rifle
Machine Guns
More
Rhymes
Canon
Bannon
Cannon
Flannen
Shannon
Buchanan
Join 10 million students and professionals writing 70% faster at QuillBot.com
Start writing better