CANNONBALL

cannonball, cannon ball, round shot

(noun) a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

cannonball (plural cannonballs)

(military, artillery)

A spherical projectile fired from a smoothbore cannon

Synonyms: solid shot, ball, round shot

An explosive-filled hollow iron sphere fused through a hole and intended to explode at a calculated distance rather than explode on impact.

Etymology 2

From behaving like a cannonball fired from a cannon

Noun

cannonball (plural cannonballs)

(diving) The act of running and jumping in a flexed position into a swimming pool to create a large splash, mimicking the flight and shape of a cannonball.

(slang, figuratively) Something that moves fast.

(tennis) A served ball that travels with great speed and describes little or no arc in flight.

Verb

cannonball (third-person singular simple present cannonballs, present participle cannonballing, simple past and past participle cannonballed)

To jump/dive into water doing a cannonball landing.

To careen; to move rapidly

Interjection

cannonball!

Yelled when jumping/diving into the water, doing a cannonball landing.

Source: Wiktionary

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