| Noun | 1. | cannon - a large artillery gun that is usually on wheelsculverin - a heavy cannon with a long barrel used in the 16th and 17th centuries harpoon gun - a cannon or cannon-like gun that fires harpoons high-angle gun - a cannon that can be fired at a high elevation for relatively short ranges long tom - a long swivel cannon formerly used by the navy | |
| 2. | cannon - heavy gun fired from a tankgun - a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel) | |
| 3. | cannon - (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the armDark Ages, Middle Ages - the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance | |
| 4. | cannon - heavy automatic gun fired from an airplanebomber - a military aircraft that drops bombs during flight gun - a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel) | |
| 5. | cannon - lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammalshoofed mammal, ungulate - any of a number of hoofed mammals superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically cannon bone - greatly developed metatarsal or metacarpal bone in the shank or cannon part of the leg in hoofed mammals body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity | |
| 6. | cannon - a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the otherbilliards - any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls stroke, shot - (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand; "it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot require good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot" | |
| Verb | 1. | cannon - make a cannonbilliards - any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls hit - cause to move by striking; "hit a ball" | |
| 2. | cannon - fire a cannon | |