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.
A served ball that travels with great speed and describes little or no arc in flight.
To jump or dive into water, performing a cannonball landing.
To career; to move rapidly.
That which directs; serving to direct, indicate, or guide.
Relating to the directive case.
An instruction or guideline that indicates how to perform an action or reach a goal.
A form of legislative act addressed to the member states. The directive binds the member state to reach certain objectives in their national legislation.
The directive case.
An authoritative decision from an official body, which may or may not have binding force.
A construct in source code that indicates how it should be processed but is not necessarily part of the program to be run.