cannon
can‧non /ˈkænən/ noun [countable]
cannon verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]
لوله توپ، (pl.cannon or cannons) توپ (معمولا بصورت اسم جمع)، استوانه، لوله، بتوپ بستن، (در بیلیارد) تصادم دو توپ، ورزش: ضربه به دو گوی دیگر بیلیارد، علوم نظامی: لوله و متعلقات توپ توپخانه لوله دار
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Synonyms & Related Wordscannon[noun]Synonyms: gun, big gun, field gun, mortar
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English DictionaryI. can‧non1 /ˈkænən/
noun [countable][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: French;
Origin: canon, from Italian cannone 'large tube, cannon', from canna; ⇒ cannelloni]
a large heavy powerful gun that was used in the past to fire heavy metal balls
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II. cannon2 verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to hit someone or something while moving fast
cannon into
She came hurtling round the corner and cannoned straight into me.cannon off The ball cannoned off the far post. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Collocationscannon noun ADJ. water Riot police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse the crowd. VERB + CANNON load | aim | fire, shoot CANNON + VERB boom, roar, thunder Cannons thundered to their right.
fire (sth) As the king stepped ashore the cannons fired a salute. CANNON + NOUN ball, shell | fire, shot | crew | fodder (figurative) The foot soldiers were just used as cannon fodder (= considered not as people but as material to be used up in war)
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