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cannon
1[ kan-uhn ]
noun
- a mounted gun for firing heavy projectiles; a gun, howitzer, or mortar.
- British Machinery. quill ( def 10 ).
- Armor. a cylindrical or semicylindrical piece of plate armor for the upper arm or forearm; a vambrace or rerebrace.
- 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 [juhmp], 1863–1941, U.S. astronomer.
- Joseph Gur·ney [gur, -nee], 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
- the points scored by this Usual US and Canadian wordcarom
- a rebound or bouncing back, as of a ball off a wall
- either of the two parts of a vambrace
verb
- introften foll byinto to collide (with)
- short for cannonade
- intr billiards to make a cannon
Cannon
/ ă′ə /
- 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.
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of cannon1
Example Sentences
Then, just like the Confederate slave conscripts, just like the Russian cannon fodder in Bakhmut, they’ll be discarded — forgotten, broken and left to rot in the very ruins they helped create.
The bad guys are cannon fodder, though I did like the way one mobster sadly sighs at a grenade before he explodes.
They have been largely peaceful, but on Sunday police officers fired water cannons and used pepper spray as clashes unfolded.
But its advice page does note that demonstrations in cities can become violent, with police known to have used water cannon and tear gas to disperse crowds.
Since Thursday, riot police have repeatedly clashed with protestors and could be seen firing pepper gas and water cannons towards crowds of demonstrators.
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