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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024can•non /ˈkænən/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -nons, (esp. when thought of as a group) -non. - Militarya mounted gun for firing heavy projectiles:The general moved his cannons into the left flank. Thirty cannon were used.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024can•non (kan′ən),USA pronunciation n., pl. -nons, (esp. collectively) -non, v. n. - Militarya mounted gun for firing heavy projectiles;
a gun, howitzer, or mortar. - [Brit. Mach.]quill (def. 10).
- Heraldry[Armor.]a cylindrical or semicylindrical piece of plate armor for the upper arm or forearm;
a vambrace or rerebrace. - Also called cannon bit, canon bit. a round bit for a horse.
- the part of a bit that is in the horse's mouth.
- (on a bell) the metal loop by which a bell is hung.
- Zoology
- See cannon bone.
- the part of the leg in which the cannon bone is situated. See diag. under horse.
- British Termsa carom in billiards.
- Slang Terms[Underworld Slang.]a pickpocket.
v.i. - to discharge cannon.
- British Termsto make a carom in billiards.
- Latin; see cane) + -one augmentative suffix
- Italian cannone, equivalent. to cann(a) tube (
- Middle French
- late Middle English canon 1375–1425 (earlier in Anglo-Latin, Anglo-French)
Annie Jump (jump),USA pronunciation 1863–1941, U.S. astronomer.Joseph Gur•ney (gûr′nē),USA pronunciation ("Uncle Joe''), 1836–1926, U.S. politician and legislator.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cannon /ˈkænən/ n ( pl -nons, -non)- an automatic aircraft gun of large calibre
- a heavy artillery piece consisting of a metal tube mounted on a carriage
- a heavy tube or drum, esp one that can rotate freely on the shaft by which it is supported
- See cannon bone
- a shot in which the cue ball is caused to contact one object ball after another
- the points scored by this
Usual US and Canadian word: carom
vb - (intransitive) often followed by into: to collide (with)
- short for cannonade
- (intransitive) to make a cannon
Etymology: 16th Century: from Old French canon, from Italian cannone cannon, large tube, from canna tube, cane1 |