Cannon

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:8 ptsWWF:12 pts6 letters

Definition of Cannon

Noun

  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.
  2. Any similar device for shooting material out of a tube.

    "water cannon; glitter cannon; confetti cannon; potato cannon"

  3. An autocannon.
  4. A bone of a horse’s leg, between the fetlock joint and the knee or hock.
  5. A rolled and filleted loin of meat.

    "a canon of beef or lamb"

Verb

  1. To bombard with cannons.
  2. To play the carom billiard shot; to strike two balls with the cue ball.

    "The white cannoned off the red onto the pink."

  3. To fire something, especially spherical, rapidly.
  4. To collide or strike violently, especially so as to glance off or rebound.

Adjective

  1. Misspelling of canon.

Anagrams of Cannon

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