Noun
- 1. cannon, artillery, heavy weapon, gun, ordnance
- usage: a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
- 2. cannon, gun
- usage: heavy gun fired from a tank
- 3. cannon, armor plate, armour plate, armor plating, plate armor, plate armour
- usage: (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm
- 4. cannon, gun
- usage: heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane
- 5. cannon, shank, body part
- usage: lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
- 6. carom, cannon, stroke, shot
- usage: a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
Verb
- 1. cannon, hit
- usage: make a cannon
- 2. cannon, discharge, muster out
- usage: fire a cannon
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