Meanings
adjectivecannonlike (comparative more cannonlike, superlative most cannonlike)
comparative more cannonlike · superlative most cannonlike
- Resembling the shape or sound of a cannon
Two young crew members, a man and woman, climb over the towers in the balconies as though they were monkey bars, stringing cable and then attaching small cannonlike lights that they aim at particular spots on the stage.
1988 April 29, Dan Swain, “Putting on a Show”, in Chicago Reader
Origin
- Englishcannon
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishcannonlike
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APA
cannonlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cannonlike
MLA
“cannonlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cannonlike. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cannonlike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cannonlike.
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