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Loose cannon is American slang for a dangerously uncontrolled person.
An irresponsible and reckless individual whose behavior (either intended or unintended) endangers the group he/she belongs to. A loose cannon, weighing thousands of pounds, would crush anything and anyone in its path, and possibly even break a hole in the hull, thus endangering the entire ship.
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v. i.
To discharge cannon; as, the army cannonaded all day.
n.
The act of discharging cannon and throwing ball, shell, etc., for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering a town, ship, or fort; -- usually, an attack of some continuance.
n.
Cannon, collectively; artillery.
n.
Alt. of Cannonier
pl.
of Cannon
n.
Quickness of motion; swiftness; speed; celerity; rapidity; as, the velocity of wind; the velocity of a planet or comet in its orbit or course; the velocity of a cannon ball; the velocity of light.
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The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
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Fig.; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.
n.
The use of cannon.
imp. & p. p.
of Cannonade
n.
A man who manages, or fires, cannon.
a.
Not aimed by means of a sight; also, not furnished with a sight, or with a properly adjusted sight; as, to shoot and unsighted rife or cannon.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Cannonade
v. t.
To remove a spike from, as from the vent of a cannon.
v. t.
To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot.
a.
Furnished with cannon.
pl.
of Cannon
v. t.
To free the breech of, as a cannon, from its fastenings or coverings.
n.
A cylindrical projection on each side of a piece, whether gun, mortar, or howitzer, serving to support it on the cheeks of the carriage. See Illust. of Cannon.
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A revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates, within which cannon are mounted. Turrets are used on vessels of war and on land.
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