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What (who) is cannon ball - definition

WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Cannonballs; Cannon-ball; Cannon ball; Cannon balls; Cannon Ball; Cannonbal; Cannonbals; Canonball; Canonballs; Canonbal; Cannon Balls; CannonBall; CannonBalls; Cannonball (song); Canon ball; Cannonball (game show); Cannonball (TV game show); Cannonball (television game show)

cannon ball         
cannonball         
  • Cannonball equipped with winglets for rifled cannons, {{circa}} 1860
TYPE OF AMMUNITION
Roundshot; Solid Shot; Solid shot; Cannonball
also cannon ball (cannonballs)
A cannonball is a heavy metal ball that is fired from a cannon.
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cannonball         
  • Cannonball equipped with winglets for rifled cannons, {{circa}} 1860
TYPE OF AMMUNITION
Roundshot; Solid Shot; Solid shot; Cannonball
¦ noun
1. a round metal or stone projectile fired from a cannon.
2. (also cannonball dive) N. Amer. a jump into water feet first with the knees clasped to the chest.

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Cannonball (disambiguation)

A cannonball is round shot ammunition for a cannon.

Cannonball or cannon ball may also refer to:

Examples of use of cannon ball
1. The true recipe for plum pudding, she complained, was to "take a pound of every indigestible substance you can think of, boil into a cannon–ball, and serve in flaming brandy." But by the 1880s, moderation and thrift fought an uphill battle against the appetite for seductive products, colorfully advertised and often sold on credit.
2. "The play is played out by boys with that dogged determination to win, that endurance of pain, that bravery of combative spirit, by which the adult is trained to face the cannon–ball with equal alacrity." The problems arose when the boys from different schools went to Oxford and Cambridge, wanted to continue to play football and found that because different schools followed different rules, all hell broke loose.