cannonball in English
- cannonball⇄adj. (Informal.) very fast.
Ex. a cannonball delivery. - cannonball⇄cannonball, noun, adjective, verb.
- cannonball⇄noun 1. Also, cannon ball. a large iron or steel ball formerly fired from cannons. Cannonballs were usually solid.
2. a very fast, straight serve in tennis.
Ex. He returned Froehling's cannonball beautifully, breaking him twice in the first - cannonball⇄v.i. (U.S. Slang.) to travel fast and hard.
Ex. The secondary low began cannonballing up the coast, while the Canadian high pushed down into New England (New York Times).