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noun, plural can·nons, (especially collectively ) can·non. 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, canon 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 . cannon bone. the part of the leg in which the cannon bone is situated. British . a carom in billiards.
Underworld Slang . a pickpocket.
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (used without object) to discharge cannon.
British . to make a carom in billiards.
Origin of cannon First recorded in 1375–1425 (earlier in Anglo-Latin, Anglo-French ); late Middle English canon, from Middle French, from Italian cannone, equivalent to cann(a) “tube” (from Latin ) + -one augmentative suffix; see cane
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH cannon cannon , canonWords nearby cannon canning, Canning Basin, Cannizzaro, Cannock, cannoli, cannon , cannonade, cannonball, cannonball pulse, cannonball tree, cannon bone
Definition for cannon (2 of 2) [ kan -uh n ] SHOW IPA
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noun Annie Jump [juhmp], /dʒʌmp/, U.S. astronomer. Joseph Gur·ney [gur -nee], /ˈgɜr ni/, "Uncle Joe" U.S. politician and legislator. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020
Example sentences from the Web for cannon When the time was right, he used a sledgehammer to remove the end of the cylinder, sending puffed rice shooting out like a cannon .
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In some areas, police used water cannon s and they also used tear gas.
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The lack of a cannon is a particular problem, as the F-35 is being counted on to help out infantrymen under fire.
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Cannon revealed that, "we have been living in separate houses for a few months."
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Once the indictment dropped, Cannon quickly resigned his office.
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Cannon and musketry spread devastation everywhere—for the armies were but a few toises apart.
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On the night after this adjournment, the cannon were removed.
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Battle of Esperes; French defeated by the British, who took 500 prisoners and 700 cannon .
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British Dictionary definitions for cannon noun plural -nons or -non 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 word: carom a rebound or bouncing back, as of a ball off a wall
either of the two parts of a vambrace
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (intr often foll by into ) to collide (with)
short for cannonade
(intr) billiards to make a cannon
SEE MORE SEE LESS Word Origin for cannon C16: from Old French canon, from Italian cannone cannon, large tube, from canna tube, cane 1
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Words related to cannon ordnance, howitzer, mortar, heavy artillery
Medical definitions for cannon Walter Bradford 1871-1945 American physiologist noted for his research on the autonomic nervous system, including the fight or flight response induced by stressful stimuli and the effects of hormones on nerve conduction. He also invented the use of barium in x-ray studies of the gastrointestinal tract.
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Scientific definitions for cannon 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.
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