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Word: cannon (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A bone of a horse's leg, between the fetlock joint and the knee or hock.
  • 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).
  • A large-bore machine gun.
  • baseball The arm of a player that can throw well.
  • sports|billiards|snooker|pool 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.
  • historical A large muzzle-loading artillery piece.

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Verb:

  • sports|billiards|snooker|pool To play the carom billiard shot. To strike two balls with the cue ball
  • To bombard with cannons

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