bowling vs cannonball

bowling

noun
  • The action of propelling the ball towards the batsman. 

  • Candlepin bowling. 

  • A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling/five-pin bowling 

  • A particular style of walking associated with urban street culture. 

  • Any of several similar games played indoors or outdoors. 

  • The action of the verb bowl. 

  • Road bowling. 

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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