Bore vs. Cannon

Boreverb

(transitive) To inspire boredom in somebody.

Boreverb

(transitive) To make a hole through something.

Boreverb

(intransitive) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.

Boreverb

(transitive) To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.

Boreverb

(transitive) To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.

Boreverb

(intransitive) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.

Boreverb

(intransitive) To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.

Boreverb

(of a horse) To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air.

Boreverb

(obsolete) To fool; to trick.

Borenoun

A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.

Borenoun

The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.

Borenoun

A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.

Borenoun

A capped well drilled to tap artesian water. The place where the well exists.

Borenoun

One who inspires boredom or lack of interest.

Borenoun

Something that wearies by prolixity or dullness; a tiresome affair.

Borenoun

Calibre; importance.

Borenoun

A sudden and rapid flow of tide in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave; an eagre.

Boreverb

To perforate or penetrate, as a solid body, by turning an auger, gimlet, drill, or other instrument; to make a round hole in or through; to pierce; as, to bore a plank.

Boreverb

To form or enlarge by means of a boring instrument or apparatus; as, to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole.

Boreverb

To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; as, to bore one's way through a crowd; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.

Boreverb

To weary by tedious iteration or by dullness; to tire; to trouble; to vex; to annoy; to pester.

Boreverb

To befool; to trick.

Boreverb

To make a hole or perforation with, or as with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool; as, to bore for water or oil (i. e., to sink a well by boring for water or oil); to bore with a gimlet; to bore into a tree (as insects).

Boreverb

To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns; as, this timber does not bore well, or is hard to bore.

Boreverb

To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.

Boreverb

To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air; - said of a horse.

Borenoun

A hole made by boring; a perforation.

Borenoun

The internal cylindrical cavity of a gun, cannon, pistol, or other firearm, or of a pipe or tube.

Borenoun

The size of a hole; the interior diameter of a tube or gun barrel; the caliber.

Borenoun

A tool for making a hole by boring, as an auger.

Borenoun

Caliber; importance.

Borenoun

A person or thing that wearies by prolixity or dullness; a tiresome person or affair; any person or thing which causes ennui.

Borenoun

A tidal flood which regularly or occasionally rushes into certain rivers of peculiar configuration or location, in one or more waves which present a very abrupt front of considerable height, dangerous to shipping, as at the mouth of the Amazon, in South America, the Hoogly and Indus, in India, and the Tsien-tang, in China.

Bore

imp. of 1st & 2d Bear.

Borenoun

a person who evokes boredom

Borenoun

a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)

Borenoun

diameter of a tube or gun barrel

Borenoun

a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes

Boreverb

cause to be bored

Boreverb

make a hole with a pointed power or hand tool;

Boreverb

make (a hole) in something with a tool or by digging

Boreverb

hollow out (a gun barrel or other tube)

Boreverb

(of an athlete or racehorse) push another competitor out of the way.

Boreverb

cause (someone) to feel weary and uninterested by dull talk or behaviour

Borenoun

the hollow part inside a gun barrel or other tube.

Borenoun

the diameter of a bore; the calibre

Borenoun

a gun of a specified bore

Borenoun

short for borehole

Borenoun

a person whose talk or behaviour is dull and uninteresting

Borenoun

a tedious or annoying situation or activity

Borenoun

a steep-fronted wave caused by the meeting of two tides or by the constriction of a tide rushing up a narrow estuary.

Cannonnoun

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. It may include muzzle appendages.

Cannonnoun

Any similar device for shooting material out of a tube.

Cannonnoun

A bone of a horse's leg, between the fetlock joint and the knee or hock.

Cannonnoun

(historical) A large muzzle-loading artillery piece.

Cannonnoun

A carom.

Cannonnoun

The arm of a player that can throw well.

Cannonnoun

(engineering) A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently.

Cannonnoun

(printing) lang=en (a large size of type)

Cannonnoun

A piece which moves horizontally and vertically like a rook but captures another piece by jumping over a different piece in the line of attack.

Cannonverb

To bombard with cannons.

Cannonverb

To play the carom billiard shot. To strike two balls with the cue ball

Cannonverb

To fire something, especially spherical, rapidly.

Cannonverb

To collide or strike violently, especially so as to glance off or rebound.

Cannonnoun

A great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force.

Cannonnoun

A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently.

Cannonnoun

A kind of type. See Canon.

Cannonnoun

See Carom.

Cannonverb

To discharge cannon.

Cannonverb

To collide or strike violently, esp. so as to glance off or rebound; to strike and rebound.

Cannonnoun

a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels

Cannonnoun

heavy gun fired from a tank

Cannonnoun

(Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm

Cannonnoun

heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane

Cannonnoun

lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals

Cannonnoun

a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other

Cannonverb

make a cannon

Cannonverb

fire a cannon

Cannonnoun

a large, heavy piece of artillery, typically mounted on wheels, formerly used in warfare

Cannonnoun

a heavy automatic gun that fires shells from an aircraft or tank

Cannonnoun

a stroke in which the cue ball strikes two balls successively.

Cannonnoun

a heavy cylinder or hollow drum that is able to rotate independently on a shaft.

Cannonverb

collide with something forcefully or at an angle

Cannonverb

make a cannon shot.

Cannon

A cannon is a large-caliber gun classified as a type of artillery, and usually launches a projectile using explosive chemical propellant. Gunpowder () was the primary propellant before the invention of smokeless powder during the late 19th century.