Cannonball

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Quotations 1.1.2 Translations 1.2 See also

English

Noun

cannonball (cannonball)

1. a ball which is for firing out of a cannon
2. a way of running at a swimming pool and jumping in creating a large splash, mimicking the flight and shape of a cannonball

   "I would call it a water-entry stunt, not a dive" — Coach O'Brien quoted in The New Yorker, 30 August 2004, p.40

Quotations

2004: The cannonball could be called the S.U.V. of the pool — oversized, brash, hormonally hardwired — The New Yorker, 30 August 2004, p.40

Translations

• Chinese: 炮彈, 炮弹
• Dutch: kanonskogel m, bommetje n
• French: boulet de canon m
• German: Kanonenkugel f
• Korean: 포탄
• Russian: пушечное ядро n (pushechnoe yadro)

See also

• jack-knife

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