cannon
- 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)..
- Noun. A large-bore machine gun.
- Noun. A bone of a horse's leg, between the fetlock joint and the knee or hock.
- Noun. (historical) A large muzzle-loading artillery piece.
- 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.
- Noun. (baseball) The arm of a player that can throw well.
- Verb. To bombard with cannons.
- Verb. (context, sports) To play the carom billiard shot. To strike two balls with the cue ball.
- Verb. To fire something, especially spherical, rapidly.
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