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
Examples of cannonball in a Sentence
Verb
a dune buggy came recklessly cannonballing down the crowded beach
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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 11 June 2025
Brutus answered with a springboard cannonball to the outside.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 16 May 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
Last spring, a Civil War-era cannonball was found in the backyard of a Virginia home.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 11 June 2025
Brutus answered with a springboard cannonball to the outside.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Verb
The surface is broken as a body cannonballs down to the bottom, followed by a second, a third, a fourth, a fifth … until there are too many to track.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 16 May 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 15 Jul. 2025.
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