cannonball

1. A spherical projectile fired from a smoothbore cannon.

   Kanonenkugel

   пу́шечное ядро́púšečnoje jadró, ядро́jadró

   гарма́тне ядро́harmátne jadró, ядро́jadró

   a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon

2. An explosive-filled hollow iron sphere fused through a hole and intended to explode at a calculated distance rather than explode on impact.

3. The act of jumping (typically into a swimming pool) with the legs bent and the arms wrapped around the knees to create a large splash, mimicking the flight and shape of a cannonball.

   The New Yorker, 30 August 2004, p.40

   The cannonball could be called the S.U.V. of the pool — oversized, brash, hormonally hardwired.

   Arschbombe

4. (переносно, сленг)Something that moves fast, especially a fast train.

   Meetings of the model train club always begin with the song "Wabash Cannonball".

5. A served ball that travels with great speed and describes little or no arc in flight.

1. I'm the human cannonball that they're going to shoot through space.

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2. Some kind of cannonball.

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3. Tom is a human cannonball.

   deTom ist eine menschliche Kanonenkugel. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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4. The first human cannonball was a 14-year-old girl called "Zazel".

   deDie erste menschliche Kanonenkugel war ein 14 Jahre altes Mädchen mit Namen Zazel. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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5. After Phil did a cannonball, water sloshed over the sides of the pool.

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