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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Word origin
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.
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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