cannon
noun
[ ˈkanən ]
• a large, heavy piece of artillery, typically mounted on wheels, formerly used in warfare.
• "they would cross at the Town ford, under cover of the defending cannon"
Similar:
mounted gun,
field gun,
gun,
piece of artillery,
piece of ordnance,
mortar,
howitzer,
big gun,
carronade,
bombard,
culverin,
falconet,
long tom,
serpentine,
pom-pom,
• a stroke in which the cue ball strikes two balls successively.
• a heavy cylinder or hollow drum that is able to rotate independently on a shaft.
cannon
verb
• collide with something forcefully or at an angle.
• "the couple behind almost cannoned into us"
Similar:
collide with,
hit,
run into,
bang into,
crash into,
smash into,
smack into,
crack into,
ram into,
be in collision with,
plough into,
impact with,
barrel into,
• make a cannon shot.
Origin:
late Middle English: from French canon, from Italian cannone ‘large tube’, from canna ‘cane, reed’ (see cane).
