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Cannonballs

(artillery)

📖 Definitions of "Cannonballs"

noun
  1. 1

    (artillery)

noun
  1. 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. 1

    To jump/dive into water doing a cannonball landing.

    "He cannonballed into the pool, drenching us all."

  2. 2

    To careen; to move rapidly

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