Carom vs. Cannon

Caromnoun

A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball.

Caromnoun

(uncountable) A billiard-like Indian game in which players take turns flicking checker-like pieces into one of four goals on the corners of (one meter by one meter square) board.

Caromverb

(intransitive) To make a carom shot in billiards.

Caromverb

To strike and bounce back; to strike (something) and rebound.

Caromnoun

A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball. In England it is called cannon.

Caromverb

To make a carom.

Caromnoun

a glancing rebound

Caromnoun

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

Caromverb

rebound after hitting;

Caromverb

make a carom

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.