cannonball — /kan euhn bawl /, n. Also, cannon ball. 1. a missile, usually round and made of iron or steel, designed to be fired from a cannon. 2. Tennis. a served ball that travels with great speed and describes little or no arc in flight. 3. anything that… … Universalium
Cannonball — Cannonball, im engeren Sinne die englische Bezeichnung für eine Kanonenkugel, ist als Cannonball Rennen auch ein Synonym für berühmt berüchtigte illegale Autorennen quer durch die USA von New York nach Los Angeles. Diese wurden in den 1970er… … Deutsch Wikipedia
cannonball — [kan′ən bôl΄] n. 1. a heavy ball, esp. of iron, formerly used as a projectile in cannons 2. Informal a) a fast express train b) a hard, driving serve in tennis 3. a feet first dive done in a tuck position adj. Slang fast; rapid vi … English World dictionary
Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash — The Cannonball Baker Sea To Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, widely known simply as the Cannonball Baker or Cannonball Run, was an unofficial, if not outlaw, automobile race run four times in the 1970s from New York City and Darien, CT, on the… … Wikipedia
cannonball — I. noun Date: 1655 1. a usually round solid missile made for firing from a cannon 2. a jump into water made with the arms holding the knees tight against the chest 3. a hard flat tennis service 4. an express train II. intransitive verb Date: 1951 … New Collegiate Dictionary
cannonball — Synonyms and related words: antelope, arrow, ball, bar shot, belly buster, belly flop, belly whopper, bird shot, blue darter, blue streak, buckshot, bullet, cannon shot, case shot, courser, crash dive, crossbar shot, dart, dive, drop, duck shot,… … Moby Thesaurus
cannonball — can•non•ball [[t]ˈkæn ənˌbɔl[/t]] n. 1) mil a missile, usu. round and made of iron or steel, designed to be fired from a cannon 2) something that moves with great speed, as an express train 3) a dive made in a curled up position with the arms… … From formal English to slang
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