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Definitions for Cannon

[1] a mounted gun for firing heavy projectiles; a gun, howitzer, or mortar.
[2] British Machinery . quill(def 10) .
[3] Armor . a cylindrical or semicylindrical piece of plate armor for the upper arm or forearm; a vambrace or rerebrace.
[4] Also called cannon bit, canon bit. a round bit for a horse.
[5] the part of a bit that is in the horse's mouth.
[6] (on a bell) the metal loop by which a bell is hung.
[7] Zoology . cannon bone. the part of the leg in which the cannon bone is situated.
[8] British . a carom in billiards.
[9] Underworld Slang . a pickpocket.
[10] to discharge cannon.
[11] British . to make a carom in billiards.
[12] Annie Jump [juhmp] /dʒʌmp/ , 1863–1941, U.S. astronomer.
[13] Joseph Gur·ney [gur -nee] /ˈgɜr ni/ , Uncle Joe , 1836–1926, U.S. politician and legislator.
[14] an automatic aircraft gun of large calibre
[15] history a heavy artillery piece consisting of a metal tube mounted on a carriage
[16] a heavy tube or drum, esp one that can rotate freely on the shaft by which it is supported
[17] the metal loop at the top of a bell, from which it is suspended
[18] See cannon bone
[19] 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
[20] a rebound or bouncing back, as of a ball off a wall
[21] either of the two parts of a vambrace
[22] (intr often foll by into ) to collide (with)
[23] short for cannonade
[24] (intr) billiards to make a cannon

Words related to Cannon

ordnance, howitzer, mortar

Words nearby Cannon

canning, canning basin, cannizzaro, cannock, cannoli, cannon, cannon bone, cannon fodder, cannon's ring, cannonade, cannonball

Origin of Cannon

1375–1425 (earlier in Anglo-Latin, AF); late Middle English canon < Middle French < Italian cannone, equivalent to cann(a ) tube (< Latin; see cane) + -one augmentative suffix

Words that may be confused with Cannon

cannon, canon

Word origin for Cannon

C16: from Old French canon, from Italian cannone cannon, large tube, from canna tube, cane 1

Synonyms for Cannon

howitzer, mortar, ordnance, Big Bertha, Long Tom, heavy artillery