cannon
8.1
A shot in snooker or billiards where the cue ball hits two balls in a row
- noun
- /ˈkænən/
- Jargon
:
carambola
- In billiards, you can score by making a cannon, where the cue ball hits two other balls in succession.
Examples
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The player's skill made it look easy to achieve a cannon in that difficult shot.
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That's two points for a cannon, I think.
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Just before the ball sinks into the cannon, the worm pops his head out of the thumb-hole and says pathetically...
Fiction book (2002) -
He successfully executed a cannon during the game, helping his team to win.
Synonyms
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9.8
A shot in billiards where the cue ball hits one ball then another
is used mainly in snooker rather than other similar games
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cannon (in billiards) borrows the image of the gun: think of the cue ball acting like a small 'cannon' that strikes two balls in a row. So a cannon in snooker or billiards is a single striking shot where one ball hits two others.