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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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 13 Apr. 2025
Chachi Valencia, whose stage name is The Rocketman Valencia, was performing his death-defying human cannonball act at the Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival in Indio when a strong gust of wind blew him off course on March 2.
—Julia Bonavita, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2025
Rachel McRady, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Ari Daniel Shapiro: Franklin would leap from the aircraft and just cannonball through the air.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 June 2012
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Noun
The rocket reaches a velocity of over 2,200 mph, or close to Mach 3, on the way up, plunges back through the atmosphere like a cannonball after a few minutes of weightlessness, and depends on a parachute to bring the passengers home safely—not the kind of chances every traveler would want to take.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 13 Apr. 2025
Chachi Valencia, whose stage name is The Rocketman Valencia, was performing his death-defying human cannonball act at the Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival in Indio when a strong gust of wind blew him off course on March 2.
—Julia Bonavita, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2025
Verb
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
Ari Daniel Shapiro: Franklin would leap from the aircraft and just cannonball through the air.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 June 2012
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“Cannonball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cannonball. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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