cannon

  1. 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.(JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms)..
  2. Noun.  A large-bore machine gun.
  3. Noun.  A bone of a horse's leg, between the fetlock joint and the knee or hock.
  4. Noun.  (historical) A large muzzle-loading artillery piece.
  5. Noun.  (context, sports) A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball.
  6. Noun.  (baseball) The arm of a player that can throw well.
  7. Verb.  To bombard with cannons.
  8. Verb.  (context, sports) To play the carom billiard shot. To strike two balls with the cue ball.
  9. Verb.  To fire something, especially spherical, rapidly.

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