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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Adj

Definition 1:
• Misspelling of canon.
Labels: lifestyle, alt-of, misspelling, slang
Name
Pronunciation: /ˈkænən/

Definition 1:
• A surname.
Noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkæn.ən/
Pronunciation (ENPR): kăn'ən

Definition 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, which may include muzzle appendages.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 2:
• Any similar device for shooting material out of a tube.
Example: water cannon; glitter cannon; confetti cannon; potato cannon
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 3:
• Any similar device for shooting material out of a tube.
• An autocannon.
Labels: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, war, countable, uncountable

Definition 4:
• A bone of a horse's leg, between the fetlock joint and the knee or hock.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 5:
• A rolled and filleted loin of meat.
Example: a canon of beef or lamb
Labels: cooking, food, lifestyle, countable, uncountable

Definition 6:
• A cannon bit.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 7:
• A large muzzle-loading artillery piece.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: gun
Labels: countable, historical, uncountable

Definition 8:
• A carom.
Example: In English billiards, a cannon is when one's cue ball strikes the other player's cue ball and the red ball on the same shot; and it is worth two points.
Labels: ball-games, billiards, games, hobbies, lifestyle, pool, snooker, sports, countable, uncountable

Definition 9:
• The arm of a player who can throw well.
Example: He's got a cannon out in right.
Labels: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports, countable, figuratively, informal, uncountable

Definition 10:
• A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently.
Labels: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, countable, uncountable

Definition 11:
• A cylindrical item of plate armor protecting the arm, particularly one of a pair of such cylinders worn with a couter, the upper cannon protecting the upper arm and the lower cannon protecting the forearm.
Labels: countable, historical, uncountable

Definition 12:
• Alternative form of canon ("a large size of type").
Labels: media, printing, publishing, alt-of, alternative, uncountable

Definition 13:
• A piece which moves horizontally and vertically like a rook but captures another piece by jumping over a different piece in the line of attack.
Labels: board-games, games, xiangqi, countable, uncountable

Definition 14:
• A pickpocket.
Labels: US, countable, slang, uncountable
Noun

Definition 1:
• Misspelling of canon.
Labels: lifestyle, alt-of, misspelling, slang
Verb
Pronunciation: /ˈkæn.ən/
Pronunciation (ENPR): kăn'ən

Definition 1:
• To bombard with cannons.

Definition 2:
• To play the carom billiard shot; to strike two balls with the cue ball.
Example: The white cannoned off the red onto the pink.
Labels: ball-games, billiards, games, hobbies, lifestyle, pool, snooker, sports

Definition 3:
• To fire something, especially spherical, rapidly.

Definition 4:
• To collide or strike violently, especially so as to glance off or rebound.

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cannon