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CANNONBALL
cannonball, cannon ball, round shot
(noun) a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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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