cannon

noun

/ˈkænən/

(plural cannon, cannons)

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an old type of large, heavy gun, usually on wheels, that fires solid metal or stone balls
- Three cannon opened fire.
see also loose cannon, snow cannon, water cannonTopics Historyc1, War and conflictc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- automatic
- water
verb + cannon
- load
- mount
- aim
- …
cannon + verb
- boom
- roar
- thunder
- …
cannon + noun
- ball
- shell
- blast
- …
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a gun that fires many shots from an aircraft or tank
- a burst of cannon fire
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- automatic
- water
verb + cannon
- load
- mount
- aim
- …
cannon + verb
- boom
- roar
- thunder
- …
cannon + noun
- ball
- shell
- blast
- …
See full entry

Word Originlate Middle English: from French canon, from Italian cannone ‘large tube’, from canna ‘cane, reed’, via Latin from Greek kanna, kannē, of Semitic origin.

cannon

verb

/ˈkænən/

[intransitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they cannon	/ˈkænən/ /ˈkænən/
he / she / it cannons	/ˈkænənz/ /ˈkænənz/
past simple cannoned	/ˈkænənd/ /ˈkænənd/
past participle cannoned	/ˈkænənd/ /ˈkænənd/
-ing form cannoning	/ˈkænənɪŋ/ /ˈkænənɪŋ/

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+ adv./prep. to hit somebody/something with a lot of force while you are moving
- He ran around the corner, cannoning into a group of kids.
Word Originlate Middle English: from French canon, from Italian cannone ‘large tube’, from canna ‘cane, reed’, via Latin from Greek kanna, kannē, of Semitic origin.