cannon
verb/ˈkænən/
/ˈkænən/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they cannon | /ˈkænən/ /ˈkænən/ |
| he / she / it cannons | /ˈkænənz/ /ˈkænənz/ |
| past simple cannoned | /ˈkænənd/ /ˈkænənd/ |
| past participle cannoned | /ˈkænənd/ /ˈkænənd/ |
| -ing form cannoning | /ˈkænənɪŋ/ /ˈkænənɪŋ/ |
- + adv./prep. to hit somebody/something with a lot of force while you are moving
- He ran around the corner, cannoning into a group of kids.
Word Originlate Middle English: from French canon, from Italian cannone ‘large tube’, from canna ‘cane, reed’, via Latin from Greek kanna, kannē, of Semitic origin.Definitions on the go
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