cannon

Plural: cannon, cannons

Noun

a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
heavy gun fired from a tank
(Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm
heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane
lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
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, which may include muzzle appendages.
Any similar device for shooting material out of a tube.
Any similar device for shooting material out of a tube.
An autocannon.
A bone of a horse’s leg, between the fetlock joint and the knee or hock.
A rolled and filleted loin of meat.
A cannon bit.
A large muzzle-loading artillery piece.
A carom.
The arm of a player who can throw well.
A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently.
A cylindrical item of plate armor protecting the arm, particularly one of a pair of such cylinders worn with a couter, the upper cannon protecting the upper arm and the lower cannon protecting the forearm.
Alternative form of canon (“a large size of type”).
A piece which moves horizontally and vertically like a rook but captures another piece by jumping over a different piece in the line of attack.
A pickpocket.
Misspelling of canon.

Verb

Verb Forms: cannoned, cannoning, cannons

To fire a large, heavy gun; to collide forcefully.
make a cannon
fire a cannon
To bombard with cannons.
To play the carom billiard shot; to strike two balls with the cue ball.
To fire something, especially spherical, rapidly.
To collide or strike violently, especially so as to glance off or rebound.

Adj

Misspelling of canon.

Examples

a canon of beef or lamb
He would CANNON his high-scoring words across the board, aiming for maximum impact.
He’s got a cannon out in right.
In English billiards, a cannon is when one’s cue ball strikes the other player’s cue ball and the red ball on the same shot; and it is worth two points.
The white cannoned off the red onto the pink.
water cannon; glitter cannon; confetti cannon; potato cannon

Origin / Etymology

Attested from around 1400 as Middle English canon, canoun, from Old French canon, from Italian cannone, from Latin canna, from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na). Doublet of canyon. This spelling was not fixed until about 1800.

Synonyms

carom, shank

Scrabble Score: 8

cannon: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
cannon: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cannon: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

cannon: valid Words With Friends Word