cannon ball
Pool dive style
A cannon ball is a heavy metal sphere fired from a cannon—the standard artillery projectile before explosive shells.
The term also names a diving technique where you tuck your knees to your chest, hitting the water in a compact ball to maximize splash: He did a cannon ball off the dock.
Also spelled cannonball.
- projectileLaunched airborne object
- ironElement twenty-six
- cast ironBrittle iron-carbon alloy
- roundCurved like circle
- bulletFired metal projectile
shell · shot · missile · gravity · trajectory · pool · artillery · kinetic energy · tuck · big splash · spherical · dive · grapeshot · swimming · Buster Keaton · diving board · swimming pool · mortar
- artilleryhowitzers, howitzer, mortars, artillery piece, artillery pieces
- projectilesbullet, bullets, arrow, rocket, rockets
- trolling geardownrigger, outrigger, trolling motor, copper line
- antiquesantiques, antique furniture, antique, antique coins, Greek vases
- trampoliningbounce, bouncing, jump, jumping, flip
projectile type
cannon ballexplosive shell
Projectile containing detonating charge
grenade · guided missile · smart bomb · torpedo · bomb
diving/jumping style
cannon ballswan dive
Arched forward plunge
pencil dive · pike dive · jackknife · jacknife · belly flop