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Definition of cannon verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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/
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  1. + 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.
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