cannonball
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Is cannonball a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (military, weaponry)Synonyms: solid shot, ball, round shot
2. (military, weaponry)
3. (diving) The act of jumping (typically into a swimming pool) with the legs bent and the arms wrapped around the knees to create a large splash, mimicking the flight and shape of a cannonball.Examples: "The New Yorker, 30 August 2004, p.40"; "The cannonball could be called the S.U.V. of the pool — oversized, brash, hormonally hardwired."
4. (slang, figuratively) Something that moves fast, especially a fast train.Examples: "Meetings of the model train club always begin with the song "Wabash Cannonball"."figurativelyslang
5. (tennis) A served ball that travels with great speed and describes little or no arc in flight.
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To jump or dive into water, performing a cannonball landing.Examples: "He cannonballed into the pool, drenching us all."intransitive
2. (intransitive) To career; to move rapidly.Examples: "The car cannonballed past."intransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary