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cannonball, v.
Brit. |ˈkanənbɔːl|, U.S. |ˈkænənˌbɔl|, |ˈkænənˌbɑl|
[‹ cannon-ball n.]
1.
a. intr. To move or progress very rapidly.
1906Boston Sunday Globe 7 Oct. 2/4 Until Tracy cannon-balled into the crowd, the spectatiors absolutely refused to give the contestants a clear course. 1936V. McHugh Caleb Catlum's Amer. xii. 89 Two-three minutes later we come cannonballing onto Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington. 1982Business Week (Nexis) 8 Mar. 112 BN's coal traffic has cannonballed from almost nothing to 113 million tons annually. 1989N. Cave And Ass saw Angel i. vii. 53 A flurry of canine limbs cannonballing up the slope toward the corral.
b. trans. Chiefly Sport. To propel rapidly and powerfully.
1911Indianapolis Star (Electronic text) 4 Dec. If I had come in on those bunts..it's 10 to 1 he would have cannon-balled one at me. 1947Portland (Maine) Press Herald 15 Oct. 16/3 In the opening set Cochel cannon-balled his returns into Parker's feet. 1988Football Today Nov. 40/1 Strange and Bradford set up Rimmer to ‘cannonball’ England's fifth past a stranded John Harkness in 57 minutes. 1997Guardian 28 Jan. ii. 11/3 This season they have found themselves cannonballed into the front line.
2. intr. Chiefly N. Amer. To perform a cannonball dive. Cf. cannon-ball n. Additions
1951Evening Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) 4 June 3/1 Mike Monaghan..was..treated for a fractured left leg. Woodland Beach firemen said he ‘cannon-balled’ off a pier into two feet of water. 1977C. Hall Lightly x. 85 With a good jump he cannonballed into the cove. 1991R. McCammon Boy's Life ii. i. 107 Then he closed his arms over his belly and pulled his knees up tightly and he whooped as he cannonballed down. 2005Toronto Star (Nexis) 1 Dec. k1 The tubes are jettisoned and everyone is swimming, cannonballing and giggling helplessly. |