cannonball

Meaning of cannonball

noun

(artillery)

noun
  1. The act of running and jumping in a flexed position into a swimming pool to create a large splash, mimicking the flight and shape of a cannonball.
    The New Yorker, 30 August 2004, p.40
verb
  1. To jump/dive into water doing a cannonball landing.
    He cannonballed into the pool, drenching us all.
  2. To careen; to move rapidly

interjection

Yelled when jumping/diving into the water, doing a cannonball landing.

Information about cannonball

  • The plural form of cannonball is: cannonballs.
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Hyphenation of cannonball

can-non-ball

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • cannonball is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Words that rhyme with cannonball

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