cannon

cannon

cannon (third-person singular simple present cannons, present participle cannoning, simple past and past participle cannoned)

1. To bombard with cannons
2. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To play the carom billiard shot. To strike two balls with the cue ball

   The white cannoned off the red onto the pink.

3. To fire something, especially spherical, rapidly.
   • 2011 September 2, “Wales 2-1 Montenegro”, BBC:

     Montenegro had hardly threatened in the second period but served notice they were still potent as Nikola Vukcevic took a smart pass from Jovetic and cannoned a shot off Hennesseys shins.

cannon (plural cannon or cannons)

1. 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. It may include muzzle appendages.^[3]
2. A large-bore machine gun.
3. A bone of a horses leg, between the fetlock joint and the knee or hock.
4. (historical) A large muzzle-loading artillery piece.
5. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the players ball.
6. (baseball) The arm of a player that can throw well.

   Hes got a cannon out in right.

	cannone
	artillery piece
	A large artillery gun that is usually on wheels.

	carambola
	billiards

Altri significati:

(baseball) The arm of a player that can throw well.

A large-bore machine gun.

To bombard with cannons

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball.

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. It may include muzzle appendages.(JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms).

To fire something, especially spherical, rapidly.

A shot in billiards or snooker in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table.

A bone of a horse's leg, between the fetlock joint and the knee or hock.

(historical) A large muzzle-loading artillery piece.

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To play the carom billiard shot. To strike two balls with the cue ball

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