boule vs cannonball

boule

noun
  • One of the bowls used in the French game of boules. 

  • A single-crystal ingot produced by synthetic means. 

  • A round loaf of bread. 

  • A round piece of dough. 

  • A through-sawn log with the slices restacked in the order and orientation they originally had in the log, usually with waney edges. 

  • A council of citizens in Ancient Greece 

verb
  • To shape (a piece of dough) into a ball. 

cannonball

noun
  • A served ball that travels with great speed and describes little or no arc in flight. 

  • The act of jumping (typically into a swimming pool) with the legs bent and the arms wrapped around the knees to create a large splash, mimicking the flight and shape of a cannonball. 

  • An explosive-filled hollow iron sphere fused through a hole and intended to explode at a calculated distance rather than explode on impact. 

  • A spherical projectile fired from a smoothbore cannon. 

  • Something that moves fast, especially a fast train. 

verb
  • To jump or dive into water, performing a cannonball landing. 

  • To career; to move rapidly. 

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