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cannoning Definition


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cannon
noun cannons, cannon (plural in senses 1 and 2 only)
    1. historical
      A large gun mounted on wheels.
    2. A rapid-firing gun fitted to an aircraft or ship.
    3. In billiards, pool and snooker: a shot in which the cue ball strikes one object ball and then strikes another.
verb
    intr
    cannoned, cannoning
    1. In billiards, pool and snooker: to play a cannon shot.
Etymology: 16c: from French canon, from Italian cannone, from canna tube.

Phrasal Verb: cannon into something
    To hit or collide with it while moving at speed.
Phrasal Verb: cannon off something
    To hit it with force and bounce off it.


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