Definition of 'cannon'
Word forms: cannons
1. countable noun
2. countable noun
3.
See a loose cannon
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Cannon in American English
ˈ Joseph Gurney (ˈgɜrni
) 1836-1926; U.S. congressman
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cannon in American English
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.
verb intransitive
8.
to fire cannon
9. British
to make a carom
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ME & OFr canon < It cannone < canna: see cane; in cannon (sense 5) & cannon (sense 7), cannon (sense 9), altered < caromWord Frequency
cannon in British English
nounWord forms: plural -nons or -non
5. See cannon bone
6. billiards
8.
either of the two parts of a vambrace
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C16: from Old French canon, from Italian cannone cannon, large tube, from canna tube, cane1Examples of 'cannon' in a sentence
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A cannon is a large gun, usually on wheels, which used to be used in battles.
The cannons boom, the band plays.
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