cannon
noun
1. a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
Definition categories: man–made, artillery, gun, ordnance
2. heavy gun fired from a tank
Definition categories: man–made, gun
3. (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm
Definition categories: man–made
4. heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane
Definition categories: man–made, gun
5. lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
Similar word(s): shank
Definition categories: animal
6. a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
Similar word(s): carom
Definition categories: act, shot, stroke
Sentences with cannon as a noun:
- In English billiards, a cannon is when one's cue ball strikes the other player's cue ball and the red ball on the same shot; and it is worth two points.
- He's got a cannon out in right.
verb
1. make a cannon
Definition categories: competition, hit
2. fire a cannon
Definition categories: competition, discharge
Sentences with cannon as a verb:
- The white cannoned off the red onto the pink.