cannon

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.5 References

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Origin circa 1400 A.D. from Old French canon, from Italian cannone, from Latin canna.

This spelling was not fixed until circa 1800.^[1][2]

[edit] Pronunciation

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  Rhymes: -ænən

• Homophones: canon

[edit] Noun

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 horse's 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 player's ball.
6. (baseball) The arm of a player that can throw well.

   He's got a cannon out in right.

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[edit] Verb

to 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.

[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ^ Barnhart, Robert K.; Editor. The Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology. 1995 HarperResource/HarperCollins P.102.
2. ^ Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster, 2002. http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com (December 26, 2006).
3. ^ (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms).