can·non·ball
ˈka-nən-ˌbȯl 
1
: a usually round solid missile made for firing from a cannon
2
: a jump into water made with the arms holding the knees tight against the chest
3
: a hard flat tennis service
4
: an express train
cannonballed; cannonballing; cannonballs
: to travel with great speed
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Verb
a dune buggy came recklessly cannonballing down the crowded beach
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Tim Spiers, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
After over 30 seconds of continuous monkey cannonballs, the rhesus macaques' water show appears to end, and all of the monkeys who took the plunge swim to land away from Kitchen.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2025
No offense to George Clooney, Michael B. Jordan, Patrick Dempsey or even the latest selection John Krasinski, but Jack Black would cannonball those dudes out of the water.
—Rachel McRady, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Michael Kayode’s cannonball long throws, which Slot said Liverpool had practised defending on Friday and spoken about again on Saturday, were a constant problem, but the visitors repeatedly, and needlessly, aided Brentford by putting the ball out of play in their own defensive third.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
After over 30 seconds of continuous monkey cannonballs, the rhesus macaques' water show appears to end, and all of the monkeys who took the plunge swim to land away from Kitchen.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
In lieu of sugarcoating the possibility of being made whole again and/or overstating the extent to which a mutual understanding might allow these characters to identify their common enemy, the film cannonballs into the grim absurdity of a world that’s lost control of itself.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2025
No offense to George Clooney, Michael B. Jordan, Patrick Dempsey or even the latest selection John Krasinski, but Jack Black would cannonball those dudes out of the water.
—Rachel McRady, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Cannonball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cannonball. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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