Noun

• S: (n) cannon (a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels)
• S: (n) cannon (heavy gun fired from a tank)
• S: (n) cannon ((Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm)
• S: (n) cannon (heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane)
• S: (n) cannon, shank (lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals)
• S: (n) carom, cannon (a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other)

Verb

• S: (v) cannon (make a cannon)
• domain category
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) hit (cause to move by striking) "hit a ball"
• S: (v) play (shoot or hit in a particular manner) "She played a good backhand last night"
• S: (v) foul (hit a foul ball)
• S: (v) cannon (make a cannon)
• S: (v) clap (strike together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise) "clap two boards together"
• S: (v) ground out (make an out by hitting the ball on the ground)
• S: (v) toe (drive (a golf ball) with the toe of the club)
• S: (v) shank (hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction)
• S: (v) pitch (hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin)
• S: (v) fly (hit a fly)
• S: (v) snap (put in play with a snap) "snap a football"
• S: (v) whang (propel or hit with force) "whang the ball"
• S: (v) undercut (strike (the ball) in golf, tennis, or hockey obliquely downward so as to give a backspin or elevation to the shot)
• S: (v) putt (strike (a golf ball) lightly, with a putter) "he putted the ball several feet past the hole"
• S: (v) heel (strike with the heel of the club) "heel a golf ball"
• S: (v) toe (hit (a golf ball) with the toe of the club)
• S: (v) bunker (hit a golf ball into a bunker)
• S: (v) bounce (hit something so that it bounces) "bounce a ball"
• S: (v) backhand (hit a tennis ball backhand)
• S: (v) pop (hit a pop-fly) "He popped out to shortstop"
• S: (v) follow through (carry a stroke to natural completion after hitting or releasing a ball)
• S: (v) shell (hit the pitches of hard and regularly) "He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning"
• S: (v) ground (hit onto the ground)
• S: (v) ground (hit a groundball) "he grounded to the second baseman"
• S: (v) top (strike (the top part of a ball in golf, baseball, or pool) giving it a forward spin)
• S: (v) pull (hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing) "pull the ball"
• S: (v) kill (hit with great force) "He killed the ball"
• S: (v) kill (hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games) "She killed the ball"
• S: (v) connect (hit or play a ball successfully) "The batter connected for a home run"
• S: (v) drive (hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally) "drive a ball"
• S: (v) drive (strike with a driver, as in teeing off) "drive a golf ball"
• S: (v) hole, hole out (hit the ball into the hole)
• S: (v) bunt, drag a bunt (hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance)
• S: (v) snick (hit a glancing blow with the edge of the bat)
• S: (v) racket (hit (a ball) with a racket)
• S: (v) dribble, carry (propel) "Carry the ball"; "dribble the ball"
• S: (v) slice (hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels in a different direction)
• S: (v) hook (hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left)
• S: (v) single (hit a single) "the batter singled to left field"
• S: (v) double (hit a two-base hit)
• S: (v) triple (hit a three-base hit)
• S: (v) smash (hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke)
• S: (v) shoot (throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective) "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball"
• S: (v) volley (hit before it touches the ground) "volley the tennis ball"
• S: (v) croquet (drive away by hitting with one's ball) "croquet the opponent's ball"
• S: (v) loft (kick or strike high in the air) "loft a ball"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) cannon (fire a cannon)