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Cannon

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Noun

1. cannon

a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels

2. cannon

heavy gun fired from a tank

3. cannon

(Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm

4. cannon

heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane

5. cannon, shank

lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals

6. cannon, carom

a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other

Verb

7. cannon

make a cannon

8. cannon

fire a cannon

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cannon

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noun plural -nons or -non
1. 
an automatic aircraft gun of large calibre
2. history
a heavy artillery piece consisting of a metal tube mounted on a carriage
3. 
a heavy tube or drum, esp one that can rotate freely on the shaft by which it is supported
4. 
the metal loop at the top of a bell, from which it is suspended
5.  cannon bone
6. billiards
a. 
a shot in which the cue ball is caused to contact one object ball after another
b. 
the points scored by this
. Usual US and Canadian word: carom
7. 
a rebound or bouncing back, as of a ball off a wall
8. 
either of the two parts of a vambrace
verb
9. (intransitive; often foll by into)
to collide (with)
10.  short for cannonade
11. (intransitive) billiards
to make a cannon

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Cannon

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ˈJoseph Gurney (ˈgɜrni ) ; gʉrˈnē) 1836-1926; U.S. congressman
nounWord forms: plural ˈcannons or ˈcannon
1. 
a. 
a large, mounted piece of artillery; sometimes, specif., a large gun with a relatively short barrel, as a howitzer
b. 
an automatic gun, mounted on an aircraft
2. 
a part on a bell by which it is hung
3. 
cannon bone
4.  Mechanics
a hollow tube within which a shaft revolves independently of the outer tube
5.  Billiards; British
carom
verb transitive
6. 
to attack with cannon fire
7.  British
to cause to carom
verb intransitive
8. 
to fire cannon
9.  British
to make a carom

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cannon

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American physiologist who did pioneering research on the autonomic nervous system, including the fight-or-flight response, and developed the concept of homeostasis.
American astronomer noted for her work on classifying stellar spectra.
n. pl. cannonor can·nons
1. A weapon, typically mounted, that fires heavy projectiles from a cylindrical barrel. Cannons include guns, howitzers, and mortars.
2. The loop at the top of a bell by which it is hung.
3. A round bit for a horse.
4. Zoology The section of the lower leg in some hoofed mammals between the hock or knee and the fetlock, containing the cannon bone.
5. Chiefly British A carom made in billiards.
v. can·noned, can·non·ing, can·nons
v. tr.
1. To bombard with cannon.
2. Chiefly British To cause to carom in billiards.
v. intr.
1. To fire cannon.
2. Chiefly British To make a carom in billiards.

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