Phrase Hound found 14 phrases and 10 compound words that contain cannons. The most common are listed below. Open cannons in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 14
- Cannons CreekA town in the City of Casey, south eastern Victoria, Australia
- hand cannonsplural of hand cannon: An early firearm requiring manual ignition through a touch hole.
- loose cannonsplural of loose cannon: A cannon that breaks loose from its moorings on a ship during battle or storm, with the potential to cause serious damage to the ship and her crew.
- snow cannonsplural of snow cannon: A machine that spurts out snow over pistes where there is little or no snow cover.
- water cannonsplural of water cannon: A device that shoots a large amount of water at high pressure through a hose-like tube.
- calcium cannonsplural of calcium cannon: A large female breast.
- chicken cannonsplural of chicken cannon: A device used during aircraft testing to discharge bird carcasses into airframes and engines to determine resistance to such impacts.
- custard cannonsplural of custard cannon: The penis.
- glass cannonsplural of glass cannon: A character or unit with strong offensive power but weak defensive capabilities.
- nursery cannonsplural of nursery cannon: A carom shot involving balls that are very close together.
- potato cannonsplural of potato cannon: Synonym of spud gun (“a gun powered by compressed air, butane or other propellant, which fires a complete potato”)
- spool cannonsplural of spool cannon: A child's homemade toy made by attaching an elastic band to a cotton reel to form a slingshot that could shoot a pencil or other slim object through the bore of the reel.
- Vulcan cannonsplural of Vulcan cannon: Any electric Gatling gun.
- noob cannonsplural of noob cannon: In first-person shooter games, a firearm that is popular with beginner players, usually due to its ease of use.
Compound words 10
- autocannonsplural of autocannon: A fully automatic projectile weapon similar to a machine gun, but firing shells instead of bullets and larger in calibre.
- CannonsvilleA former town in Delaware County, New York, United States, destroyed to create the Cannonsville Reservoir.
- Concannonsplural of Concannon: A surname from Irish.
- demicannonsplural of demicannon: A medium-sized cannon, slightly larger than a culverin and smaller than a standard cannon.
- handcannonsplural of handcannon: An early firearm requiring manual ignition through a touch hole.
- Kincannonsplural of Kincannon: A surname from Irish.
- microcannonsplural of microcannon: A microscopic cannon, typically used to inject medicine into a body.
- supercannonsplural of supercannon: A very large cannon with an extremely high muzzle velocity and large bore.
- hypercannonsplural of hypercannon: An extraordinarily powerful, superior cannon.
- megacannonsplural of megacannon: A large cannon.