Meaning
2 senses(intransitive)To jump or dive into water, performing a cannonball landing.
He cannonballed into the pool, drenching us all.
(intransitive)To career; to move rapidly.
The car cannonballed past.
rasen
Examples
5 sentencesI'm the human cannonball that they're going to shoot through space.
Some kind of cannonball.
Tom is a human cannonball.
deTom ist eine menschliche Kanonenkugel. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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
After Phil did a cannonball, water sloshed over the sides of the pool.
Translations
2 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
to move rapidly:
Origin
From cannon + ball from being a round ball that is fired from a cannon.From cannon + ball from being a round ball that is fired from a cannon.
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Forms
cannonballs, cannonballing, cannonballed, cannonballed| Base form | cannonball · to cannonball |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | cannonballs |
| Present participle | cannonballing |
| Past simple | cannonballed |
| Past participle | cannonballed |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle