cannon

  • 21Cannon — /kan euhn/, n. 1. Annie Jump /jump/, 1863 1941, U.S. astronomer. 2. Joseph Gurney /gerr nee/, ( Uncle Joe ), 1836 1926, U.S. politician and legislator. * * * Long range artillery piece, as distinguished from other big guns such as the howitzer or …

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  • 22cannon — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. gun, field gun or piece; artillery, ordnance, battery. See arms. II (Roget s IV) n. Types of cannon include: self propelled, muzzle loading, muzzle loader, breech loading, breechloader, demi, whole… …

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  • 23cannon — Gun Gun (g[u^]n), n. [OE. gonne, gunne; of uncertain origin; cf. Ir., Gael., & LL. gunna, W. gum; possibly (like cannon) fr. L. canna reed, tube; or abbreviated fr. OF. mangonnel, E. mangonel, a machine for hurling stones.] 1. A weapon which… …

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  • 24cannon — /ˈkænən / (say kanuhn) noun (plural cannons, cannon) 1. a large ancient gun for firing heavy projectiles, usually mounted on a carriage. 2. a powerful automatic gun for firing explosive shells. 3. Colloquial a revolver. 4. Machinery a hollow… …

  • 25cannon — n. & v. n. 1 hist. (pl. same) a large heavy gun installed on a carriage or mounting. 2 an automatic aircraft gun firing shells. 3 Billiards the hitting of two balls successively by the cue ball. 4 Mech. a hollow cylinder moving independently on a …

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  • 26cannon — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ automatic ▪ water ▪ Riot police used water cannon to disperse the crowd. VERB + CANNON ▪ load, mount …

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  • 27cannon — [[t]kæ̱nən[/t]] cannons, cannoning, cannoned 1) N COUNT A cannon is a large gun, usually on wheels, which used to be used in battles. 2) N COUNT A cannon is a heavy automatic gun, especially one that is fired from an aircraft. 3) VERB If one… …

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  • 28cannon — I UK [ˈkænən] / US noun [countable] Word forms cannon : singular cannon plural cannons 1) a large powerful gun used in the past that shot large solid metal balls 2) a large heavy gun on a ship or tank • See: loose cannon II UK [ˈkænən] / US verb… …

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  • 29cannon — I. noun (plural cannons or cannon) Etymology: Middle English canon, from Anglo French, from Old Italian cannone, literally, large tube, augmentative of canna reed, tube, from Latin, cane, reed more at cane Date: 15th century 1. plural usually… …

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  • 30cannon — can|non1 [ˈkænən] n [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: canon, from Italian cannone large tube, cannon , from canna; CANNELLONI] a large heavy powerful gun that was used in the past to fire heavy metal balls cannon 2 cannon2 v [I always +… …

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