Cannonball
noun
A heavy round ball made out of metal that is shot from a large gun (a cannon).
The old pirate ship had a stash of cannonballs and gunpowder.
Often appears as...
- cannonball shot
- fire a cannonball
noun
A form of jump into water where the person curls into a ball shape to make a big splash.
Every time he jumps into the pool, he does a cannonball to splash all of us.
Often appears as...
- do a cannonball
- cannonball dive
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A fast train service.
I took the cannonball train to get to the city early in the morning.
Often appears as...
- cannonball express
- cannonball train
noun
A heavy round ball made out of metal that is shot from a large gun (a cannon).
The old pirate ship had a stash of cannonballs and gunpowder.
Often appears as...
- cannonball shot
- fire a cannonball
noun
A form of jump into water where the person curls into a ball shape to make a big splash.
Every time he jumps into the pool, he does a cannonball to splash all of us.
Often appears as...
- do a cannonball
- cannonball dive
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A fast train service.
I took the cannonball train to get to the city early in the morning.
Often appears as...
- cannonball express
- cannonball train
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Use
Cannonballs are from earlier times when cannons were common in battles.
Museums display cannonballs from the Civil War era.
Pro Tip 2/3Military Context
Cannonballs are often mentioned in historical or military discussions.
The castle's defenses included a cannon with numerous cannonballs.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Weight
Cannonballs are very heavy, symbolizing something with great impact or force.
He lifted the heavy box as if it was a cannonball.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Use
Cannonballs are from earlier times when cannons were common in battles.
Museums display cannonballs from the Civil War era.
Pro Tip 2/3Military Context
Cannonballs are often mentioned in historical or military discussions.
The castle's defenses included a cannon with numerous cannonballs.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Weight
Cannonballs are very heavy, symbolizing something with great impact or force.
He lifted the heavy box as if it was a cannonball.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Use
Cannonballs are from earlier times when cannons were common in battles.
Museums display cannonballs from the Civil War era.
Pro Tip 2/3Military Context
Cannonballs are often mentioned in historical or military discussions.
The castle's defenses included a cannon with numerous cannonballs.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Weight
Cannonballs are very heavy, symbolizing something with great impact or force.
He lifted the heavy box as if it was a cannonball.
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Video examples
Free falling in outer...
He had this idea, a little mental You take a cannon, you put it on top of a hill. If you shoot the cannonball, it goes a little bit away. But if you shoot it harder, it goes far enough so that it lands a little bit past the curvature of Earth. Well, you can imagine if you shot it really, really, hard, it would go all the way around the Earth
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Mapping the Unknown,...
candles we can determine how far away it is and how fast that galaxy is moving away from us so you might wonder ok so the universe is expanding but what happens after that what's next in this story it's a little bit like asking what happens to a cannonball when it's fired
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Barry Clifford: Pirate...
to a level and we found what turned out to be a cannonball and out of the cannonball there was a little coin and it turned out to be 1684 and then there was this trigger guard from a musket for me I knew at that time that I had found the widow I mean it wasn't enough
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5 steps to remove...
But we're trying to avoid workplace drama, not take a cannonball leap into it, so we have to walk away. You lead that conversation by taking the first available exit. You're not doing this for them. You're doing this for you. You have to protect your energy.
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Queens of the High Seas...
uh came to lead doing confederations so you mentioned that chang-yi died in a piratey way so how did he die well he was either killed by a storm or by a cannonball we're not sure we're not sure but but he certainly haven't had the wind blow out of his cells
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Why do some people snore...
A leather mask that clamps the mouth shut. A cannonball sewn into a soldier’s uniform. And a machine that delivers sudden electrical pulses. These old items were all intended treatments for a problem that has haunted humanity for
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Latif Nasser: The...
doing the act they pioneered -- the Human Cannonball. But now they were like retired. That generation is all dead now, including Bonica, so there's no way to know exactly what they said that day. But still, I love imagining it.
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Everything you hear on...
So basically, what they did is, they went to a friend's swimming pool, and Frank performed a cannonball, or bomba. They placed an underwater mic and an overhead mic outside the swimming pool.
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Christianity in China PIPE...
cannonball British and American missionaries used the yangtze to access the interior of the country
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Can you solve the human...
They call you the human cannonball, but you’re really more of a pinball person.
Video examples
Free falling in outer...
He had this idea, a little mental You take a cannon, you put it on top of a hill. If you shoot the cannonball, it goes a little bit away. But if you shoot it harder, it goes far enough so that it lands a little bit past the curvature of Earth. Well, you can imagine if you shot it really, really, hard, it would go all the way around the Earth
Video examples
Mapping the Unknown,...
candles we can determine how far away it is and how fast that galaxy is moving away from us so you might wonder ok so the universe is expanding but what happens after that what's next in this story it's a little bit like asking what happens to a cannonball when it's fired
Video examples
Barry Clifford: Pirate...
to a level and we found what turned out to be a cannonball and out of the cannonball there was a little coin and it turned out to be 1684 and then there was this trigger guard from a musket for me I knew at that time that I had found the widow I mean it wasn't enough
Video examples
5 steps to remove...
But we're trying to avoid workplace drama, not take a cannonball leap into it, so we have to walk away. You lead that conversation by taking the first available exit. You're not doing this for them. You're doing this for you. You have to protect your energy.
Video examples
Queens of the High Seas...
uh came to lead doing confederations so you mentioned that chang-yi died in a piratey way so how did he die well he was either killed by a storm or by a cannonball we're not sure we're not sure but but he certainly haven't had the wind blow out of his cells
Video examples
Why do some people snore...
A leather mask that clamps the mouth shut. A cannonball sewn into a soldier’s uniform. And a machine that delivers sudden electrical pulses. These old items were all intended treatments for a problem that has haunted humanity for
Video examples
Latif Nasser: The...
doing the act they pioneered -- the Human Cannonball. But now they were like retired. That generation is all dead now, including Bonica, so there's no way to know exactly what they said that day. But still, I love imagining it.
Video examples
Everything you hear on...
So basically, what they did is, they went to a friend's swimming pool, and Frank performed a cannonball, or bomba. They placed an underwater mic and an overhead mic outside the swimming pool.
Video examples
Christianity in China PIPE...
cannonball British and American missionaries used the yangtze to access the interior of the country
Video examples
Can you solve the human...
They call you the human cannonball, but you’re really more of a pinball person.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Elvis Mitchell
American Critic
The influence of John Hughes is fully felt in the melodrama 'Donnie Darko.' This first film written and directed by Richard Kelly is a wobbly cannonball of a movie that tries to go Mr. Hughes one better; it's like a Hughes version of a novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
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Brianna Hildebrand
American Actress
I am Brianna Hildebrand; I play 'Negasonic Teenage Warhead'. She is a 15 year old psychic - she reads the future - and she also is her own personal cannonball: she's a warhead. So she runs at things and explodes at them, and she's Colossus' sidekick.
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Jules Verne
French Author
If Providence has created the stars and the planets, man has called the cannonball into existence.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone.
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Rob Lowe
American Actor
I don't flip. I don't even dive into a pool - straight cannonball for me. No, thanks.
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Charles V
Roman Royalty
Name me an emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball.
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Elvis Mitchell
American Critic
The influence of John Hughes is fully felt in the melodrama 'Donnie Darko.' This first film written and directed by Richard Kelly is a wobbly cannonball of a movie that tries to go Mr. Hughes one better; it's like a Hughes version of a novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
Quote examples
Brianna Hildebrand
American Actress
I am Brianna Hildebrand; I play 'Negasonic Teenage Warhead'. She is a 15 year old psychic - she reads the future - and she also is her own personal cannonball: she's a warhead. So she runs at things and explodes at them, and she's Colossus' sidekick.
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Jules Verne
French Author
If Providence has created the stars and the planets, man has called the cannonball into existence.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone.
Quote examples
Rob Lowe
American Actor
I don't flip. I don't even dive into a pool - straight cannonball for me. No, thanks.
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Charles V
Roman Royalty
Name me an emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball.
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