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PRONUNCIATION OF DROP CANNON

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DROP CANNON

noun
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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Drop cannon is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DROP CANNON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of drop cannon in the English dictionary

The definition of drop cannon in the dictionary is a shot in which the first object ball joins or gathers with the cue ball and the other object ball, esp at the top of the table.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DROP CANNON

drop a brick
drop a stitch
drop an f-bomb
drop astern
drop away
drop bear
drop cloth
drop curtain
drop dead!
drop forge
drop goal
drop hammer
drop handlebars
drop in
drop in someone´s lap
drop kick
drop leaf
drop lock
drop off
drop one´s bundle

WORDS THAT END LIKE DROP CANNON

cannon
colcannon
Dungannon
Kannon
Lennon
light cannon
loose cannon
McKinnon
nursery cannon
pennon
Shannon
snow cannon
water cannon

Synonyms and antonyms of drop cannon in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «drop cannon» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DROP CANNON

Find out the translation of drop cannon to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of drop cannon from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «drop cannon» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

砸炮
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

caer cañón
570 millions of speakers

English

drop cannon
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तोप ड्रॉप
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إسقاط مدفع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

падение пушки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cair canhão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ড্রপ ক্যানন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

déposer canon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Meriam jatuh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Drop -Kanone
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

大砲をドロップ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

대포를 드롭
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gulung mriem
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thả pháo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பீரங்கி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तोफ ड्रॉप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Düşen top
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

goccia cannone
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

upuść armaty
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

падіння гармати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

picătură tun
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

drop κανόνι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

drop kanon
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

släppa kanon
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

slippe kanon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of drop cannon

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DROP CANNON»

The term «drop cannon» is barely ever used and occupies the 202.066 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DROP CANNON» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about drop cannon

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DROP CANNON»

Discover the use of drop cannon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to drop cannon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Emma: Emergent Movement of Militant Anarchists
... get back to headquarters early, drop Cannon off, and then stay in town and grab a bite to eat at Spugletti's Pasta House. He used to go there with his wife, Maggie, while his daughter was still around. He hadn't been to the restaurant since he ...
Michael Segedy, 2013
2
Illicit Supply
... had kinked to the left, and they were out of sight. That wouldn't last long. Obviously the Venezuelans would know this area and its roads. All it would take ' a, would be some rough guessing, and they could drop cannon 258 ILLICIT SUPPLY.
Don Pendleton, 2013
3
Billiards: the strokes of the game
When the object white is in a good position for a drop cannon to continue with (as shown on Diagram 273), the Diagram 272. — A iop-pncket jenny from the D. The different positions of the object white shuw how easily a simple cannon may be ...
Riso Levi, 1916
4
The Furies
... guns would catch the wasps, the heavy bodies would drop, cannon into the armour, and roll down to lie twitching beside the wheels. A drift of scorched insects began to gather round the Saladin; it was a bizarre business. The primary attack ...
Keith Roberts, 2011
5
Encyclopedia of Physics
There is no way to run experiments on the universe as a whole as one might, say, repeatedly drop cannon balls from the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Physicists cannot perform experiments in universe evolution. By the strict definition of the domain ...
Joe Rosen, 2009
6
Washington's Mistress
Is that so?" "I think he'll try to defend it, but it's hopeless. The British artillery on Brooklyn Heights can easily drop cannon balls down on Manhattan, and their navy sails around the island unchallenged. But we don't know when Howe will attack, ...
Solomon Henner, 2003
7
Creative Teaching: Science in the Early Years and Primary ...
For example, whilst investigating the rate of fall of different objects as part of Unit 6E: Forces in action, we can provide some background information about Galileo's fabled experiment to drop cannon balls of different masses from the leaning ...
Ann Oliver, 2013
8
Mathematical Methods in Science
But bodies fall so fast that even these observations are difficult; despite a legend to the contrary Galileo did not drop cannon balls from the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Isn't it possible to slow up the motion to facilitate observation? A reduction in the ...
George Pólya, Leon Bowden, 1977
9
The Economics of Social Insurance and Employee Benefits
Using high speed computers to generate only partial information on the health care is like using cruise missiles to drop cannon balls at the battlefront. The balls may get there very quickly, but are relatively ineffectual because little of the ...
Richard J. Butler, 1999
10
The Top-of-the-table Game
In most cases he depends upon the trusty " drop " cannon to attain his object. This same "drop" cannon, and its manifold variations, may well be called the backbone of positional play. Just as one as heard the sound old whist maxim — " When ...
H. W. Stevenson, 1906

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DROP CANNON»

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3 Hours With The Surprisingly Ambitious Assassin's Creed …
Finally, as the match continues, Ezio is granted the ability to drop cannon rounds down on the enemy. I was just remarking on the relative ease ... «Kotaku Australia, Oct 11»
2
It's Russell vs. Gilchrist
... he launched into a 317, which could have been an unfinished break and would have won him the match had he not missed a drop cannon. «The Hindu, Aug 10»
3
Review: A Topsy Turvy Life: The Turvys Strike Back (DSiWare)
As the Earth Defense Force blasts away at your Imperial Armada Fighters, you'll have to move them around and drop cannon fire on the ship ... «Nintendo Life, Jun 10»

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