cannon

/'kænən/

Thân thiện

The player executed a perfect cannon to win the game.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A large, heavy piece of artillery, typically mounted on wheels, formerly used in warfare: A large-caliber gun that fires projectiles using an explosive propellant.
   • An automatic heavy gun fired from an aircraft: A type of rapid-firing, automatic weapon mounted on a military aircraft.
   • A heavy gun that is the main armament of a tank: The large gun mounted on a tank.
   • The cylindrical section of armor plate that protected the arm in medieval armor: A piece of plate armor for the arm.
   • The lower part of a horse's leg, between the hock and the fetlock: The area on a hoofed mammal corresponding to the lower leg bone.
   • A shot in billiards or pool where the cue ball strikes two object balls in succession: A specific scoring shot in cue sports.

2. Verb:

   • To fire a cannon: To discharge or shoot a large artillery gun.
   • To make a cannon in billiards or pool: To execute the shot where the cue ball hits two object balls.
   • To collide with force, often accidentally: To strike or bump into something heavily.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • The old fort still has several iron cannons from the 18th century.
  • The fighter jet's cannon can fire hundreds of rounds per minute.
  • The horse injured its front cannon in the field.
  • He scored two points with a perfect cannon.

• Verb:

  • The ship began to cannon at the approaching fleet.
  • She managed to cannon and win the game.
  • The truck lost control and cannoned into the barrier.

Advanced Usage

• "to cannon into/off/against": To collide with something forcefully and often noisily.
  • The ball cannoned off the goalpost and into the net.

Variants and Related Words

• Cannonade (n/v): A period of continuous, heavy gunfire; to bombard with cannons.
• Cannonball (n): A solid projectile fired from a cannon; also a type of fast, diving swim.
• Cannoneer (n): A soldier who operates a cannon.

Synonyms

• Artillery: Large-caliber guns used in warfare on land.
• Howitzer: A type of artillery piece characterized by a short barrel.
• Gun: A general term for a weapon that fires projectiles.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Cannon off: To rebound forcefully from a surface.
  • The puck cannoned off the boards and back into play.

Related Idioms

• Loose cannon: A person who is unpredictable and uncontrollable, and who may cause damage.
  • The new manager is a bit of a loose cannon; no one knows what he'll do next.
• Cannon to right of them, cannon to left of them: A phrase from Tennyson's poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade," used to describe being surrounded by gunfire or, figuratively, by opposing forces or pressures.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
2. lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
3. heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane
4. (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm
5. heavy gun fired from a tank
6. a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels

Verb

1. fire a cannon
2. make a cannon

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