Used in a Sentence

cannon

How to use cannon in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for cannon.

Editorial note

In his earlier work at least, he's seemed like a loose cannon.

Examples11
Definitions8
Parts of speech2

Quick take

a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of cannon gathered in one view.

noun

a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels

noun

heavy gun fired from a tank

noun

(Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for cannon.

noun

a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels

noun

heavy gun fired from a tank

noun

(Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm

noun

heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane

noun

lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals

noun

a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other

verb

make a cannon

verb

fire a cannon

Example sentences

1

In his earlier work at least, he's seemed like a loose cannon.

2

Reminds me of the email cannon we built on Gmail, not exactly on purpose.

3

I'm pretty sure he was left off of the investor quarterly calls for being such a loose cannon.

4

Banning third party cookies is like using a cannon to shoot a mosquito.

5

I do not think that an unpredictable loose cannon could be referred to as a "puppet state", no.

6

They shouldn't have allowed a cannon to be fired that had the energy to go beyond the confines of the range.

7

The cost for a single rocket or cannon volley is usually in the thousands of dollars.

8

Just as most FPS games have no male characters who aren't steroid-addled loons and/or cannon fodder.

9

[17] While this recoil force is significant, in practice cannon fire only slows the aircraft a few miles per hour in level flight.

10

You'll still be in a bad neighborhood, but you'll be in a bad neighborhood which is highly unlikely to get hit with the orbital ion cannon.

11

You fight your superficiality, your shallowness, so as to try to come at people without unreal expectations, without an overload of bias or hope or arrogance, as untanklike as you can be, sans cannon and machine guns and steel plating half a foot thick; you come at them unmenacingly on your own ten toes instead of tearing up the turf with your caterpillar treads, take them on with an open mind, as equals, man to man, as we used to say, and yet you never fail to get them wrong.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use cannon in a sentence?

In his earlier work at least, he's seemed like a loose cannon.

What does cannon mean?

a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels

What part of speech is cannon?

cannon is commonly used as noun, verb.