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Cannonball meaning

  1. A spherical projectile fired from a smoothbore cannon.
  2. An explosive-filled hollow iron sphere fused through a hole and intended to explode at a calculated distance rather than explode on impact.
  3. The act of jumping (typically into a swimming pool) with the legs bent and the arms wrapped around the knees to create a large splash, mimicking the flight and shape of a cannonball.

Synonyms of Cannonball

cannon ball round shot projectile missile

Related words

Other words often associated with Cannonball or its synonyms:

arm rocket weapon dynamic vehicle dynamical

Using Cannonball

  • The main meaning on this page is: A spherical projectile fired from a smoothbore cannon. | An explosive-filled hollow iron sphere fused through a hole and intended to explode at a calculated distance rather than explode on impact. | The act of jumping (typically into a swimming pool) with the legs bent and the arms wrapped around the knees to create a large splash, mimicking the flight and shape of a cannonball.
  • Useful related words include: cannon ball, round shot, projectile, missile.
  • In the example corpus, cannonball often appears in combinations such as: the cannonball, with cannonball, cannonball and.

Context around Cannonball

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 12 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 5 exclamations

Often before:

comedy 1× giant 1× rope 1× city 1× reverse 1× rolling 1× fired 1× player 1×

Often after:

run 2× knows 1× horizontally 1× waddles 1× dive 1× straight 1× senton 1× off 1× tree 1× setting 1×

Sentence patterns with Cannonball

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a fired cannonball 1× a giant cannonball as he 1× a rolling cannonball in the 1× action comedy cannonball run ii 1× cannonball waddles down 1× conducted the cannonball always falls 1× for the cannonball straight into 1× gets her cannonball still just 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

brody with a 1× cannonball waddles down 1× ebenor percussion founder 1× enofe hit wolfgang 1× everything breaks down 1× he nailed a 1×

Common sentence endings:

a cannonball dive 1× a cannonball horizontally 1× a fired cannonball 1× cannonball run 1981 1× composer charles mingus 1× dolin out instead 1×

Words around Cannonball

Just before it in the word index:

cannonade 4 cannon 913 cannolo 2 cannolis 3 cannoli 19 cannock 26

Just after it in the word index:

cannonballs 17 cannondale 4 cannone 7 cannoned 15 cannoneer 2 cannonier 12

Similar in corpus frequency:

abatement 88 abductions 88 abdulrahman 88 absurdly 88 accessorised 88 acropolis 88

Corpus analysis for Cannonball

  • In this selection, "cannonball" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, comedy, giant, rope, run, knows and horizontally stand out and add context to how "cannonball" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a fired cannonball and a giant cannonball as he. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "cannonball" sits close to words such as abatement, abductions and abdulrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with cannonball

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Willow gets her, cannonball, still just two! (7 words)

Enofe hit Wolfgang with a top rope cannonball. (8 words)

King barks and runs for the cannonball straight into Danielson. (10 words)

Longer example sentences

However, when this experiment is actually conducted, the cannonball always falls at the foot of the mast, as if the cannonball knows to travel with the ship despite being separated from it. (32 words)

Officially, the first day of summer isn’t until June 20. Unofficially, the season kicks off with your first dip in the pool or cannonball — however, you prefer to make an entrance. (32 words)

While some of his performances were critically praised, others were ridiculed, particularly in the bloated action comedy "Cannonball Run II," a sequel to his financial success "The Cannonball Run" (1981). (30 words)

Exclamation examples

Brody with a giant cannonball as he goes for the cover, and Claudio immediately kicks out at one! (18 words)

Off the ropes, suicide dive takes Gigi out, Jacy off the apron with a cannonball but Roxanne isn’t ther and she takes Dolin out instead! (26 words)

Stunner denied, knocking Uso off the apron and a pair of superkicks set up the cannonball senton! (17 words)

Example sentences (20)

While some of his performances were critically praised, others were ridiculed, particularly in the bloated action comedy "Cannonball Run II," a sequel to his financial success "The Cannonball Run" (1981).

However, when this experiment is actually conducted, the cannonball always falls at the foot of the mast, as if the cannonball knows to travel with the ship despite being separated from it.

To date, no other accurate method for measuring gravitational mass has been discovered. citation Newton's cannonball A cannon on top of a very high mountain shoots a cannonball horizontally.

Brody with a giant cannonball as he goes for the cover, and Claudio immediately kicks out at one!

Cannonball waddles down to the ring and hits a double clothesline then a double avalanche in the corner to both Manders and Justice.

Enofe hit Wolfgang with a top rope cannonball.

House is cleaned, including a Cannonball to Vinci, but Owens is knocked off the apron for a crash as we take a break.

Ivar dove from a production crate and hit Reed with a cannonball dive.

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King barks and runs for the cannonball straight into Danielson.

Off the ropes, suicide dive takes Gigi out, Jacy off the apron with a cannonball but Roxanne isn’t ther and she takes Dolin out instead!

One races toward it blindly, with the emotional sensitivity of a cannonball, while simultaneously being forced to decide, ingloriously, prematurely, who to be.

Stunner denied, knocking Uso off the apron and a pair of superkicks set up the cannonball senton!

To the floor, Nyla blasts her with a cannonball off the apron!

Willow gets her, cannonball, still just two!

Ebenor Percussion founder William Leclerc used wood from the Quebec City 'cannonball' tree to make limited-edition snare drums.

Everything breaks down and Nox misses her running reverse Cannonball, setting up the assisted Insane Elbow to give Sane the pin at 8:57.

He nailed a rolling cannonball in the corner for a nearfall.

He pondered about how the straight to the ground, as opposed to following a curved path, like a fired cannonball.

Louis Armstrong and also lived in Queens, as did the trumpeter Clark Terry, the alto saxophone player Cannonball Adderley and the bassist and composer Charles Mingus.

Officially, the first day of summer isn’t until June 20. Unofficially, the season kicks off with your first dip in the pool or cannonball — however, you prefer to make an entrance.

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Common combinations with cannonball

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "cannonball" in a sentence?
An example: "While some of his performances were critically praised, others were ridiculed, particularly in the bloated action comedy "Cannonball Run II," a sequel to his financial success "The Cannonball Run" (1981)." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "cannonball" from authentic English texts.
What does "cannonball" mean?
Cannonball means: A spherical projectile fired from a smoothbore cannon.
What are synonyms of "cannonball"?
Common synonyms of "cannonball" include: cannon ball, round shot, projectile, missile.
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