cannoningn.
/ˈkanənɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkænənɪŋ/ 1. The action or an act of discharging cannon; the loud sound made by this. Also in extended use: any similar action or act, or its sound.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > [noun] > discharge of artillery
cannon shot1567
cannonrya1583
cannoning1583
girding?c1600
cannoneering1699
playing1711
ball-firing1783
1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries iv. 61 Messengers came to the Toune, who brought newes, that the same cannonyng and harquebouzyng [Fr. canonner & harquebouzer] was dooen in a iollite and triumphe.
1607 T. Tomkis Lingua i. i. sig. A 4. The loud cannoning of thunder-boults.
1691 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 170 To learn and use the art of canooning and bombarding.
1775 Jrnl. 6 Oct. in A. J. Wahll Voy. of Canceaux (2003) 295 There was a brisk cannoning from Boston neck on the rebels and the rebels on them.
1904 N. Lorimer On Etna xxvi. 257 Then there was darkness again, and the cannoning of the thunder round the mountains.
1962 V. S. Pritchett London Perceived i. 9 The two syllables are..the slow clump-clump of a policeman's feet, the cannoning of shunting engines, or the sound of coal thundering down.
2003 Independent (Nexis) 16 Jan. 18 Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture must have done untold damage, probably sparking off a spate of drive-by cannonings throughout Europe in the 19th century.
2. Billiards and Snooker. The action of striking the cue ball so that it hits more than one other ball in turn.
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the world > movement > impact > [noun] > forcible, heavy, or violent > collision > rebounding
cannon1806
cannoning1841
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > actions or types of play
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Whitechapel play1755
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spotting1849
billiard-sharping1865
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potting1909
1841 N.Y. Herald 18 Feb. The only cannoning he has ever done has been at billiards.
1918 Harper's Mag. May 827/2 In that perfection of silence we heard the cannoning of billiard-balls and the clink of the players' glasses.
2011 A. Thorpe tr. G. Flaubert Madame Bovary 44 A gallery..led to the billiard room where, from the door, the cannoning of ivory balls could be heard.
3. The action of colliding violently or striking forcefully, esp. at an angle.
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the world > movement > impact > [noun] > forcible, heavy, or violent > collision
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rackc1300
rasha1450
collision?a1475
fraying1489
running1538
conflict1555
jostling1580
intershock1611
jostle1611
allision1615
complosion1644
intershocking1652
rencounter1662
interfering1677
shocking1702
bump1843
cannoning1864
confliction1868
boink1963
1864 Baily's Monthly Mag. Mar. 356 What with the severity of the course, the cannoning in the race among a large field of horses..it requires a horse of great nerve, energy, and power to win it.
1881 Times 14 Feb. 4/2 In riding for gates..there was crowding and cannoning.
1940 Times 27 Sept. 9/7 His progress ended by his cannoning into Mr. Bob Sawyer.
1996 J. L. Nelson By Force of Arms 93 He had run the Judea aground... He had participated in the cannoning of a British frigate.
2008 Times 2 Jan. 15/2 The cannoning and the falling down supplemented by the fights and the broken bottles..make this country an object of shame and ridicule.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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