cannonballing
Splashy dive style
Cannonballing is jumping into water with knees tucked to chest, arms wrapped around legs—the body forming a compact ball to maximize splash on impact.
The pose mimics a cannonball fired from a cannon.
By extension, cannonballing describes any rapid, forceful entry: He came cannonballing into the meeting fifteen minutes late.
Sudden steep descent
- splashLiquid scattering on impact
- tuckFold into concealment
- jumpPropel oneself airborne
- bombExplosive device or disaster
bellyflop · jackknife · springboard · platform · poolside · launch · entry · freefall
Locomotion through water
plunge
Sudden steep descent
bomb · bellyflop · jackknife · springboard · platform · poolside · launch · entry · freefall · leaping
swimming
Locomotion through water
kids · fun · swimmers · poolside · recreation · lido · waterpark
spray
Dispersed liquid droplets
soak · spatter · ripple · surge · displacement · drenching · soaking · wetness · splatter · dousing
force
Strength or compulsion
- shockwavePropagating pressure disturbance
- collisionForceful contact between objects
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
thud · slam · crash · wallop · smash · jolt · concussion · blow · velocity · power
cannonballingswan dive
Arched forward plunge
pike dive · Olympic diving · diving · platform diving · competitive diving
cannonballingtiptoeing
Walking on foot-fronts
creeping · easing · inching · hesitating · deliberating
ball, cannon, cannonball, cannonade, cannoning, cannonballs, cannonballed, cannoneer, cannoneers