Dictionary definition · cannon
noun
- a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
- heavy gun fired from a tank
- (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm
- heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane
- lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
- a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
verb
- make a cannon
- fire a cannon
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).