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A cannonball is round shot
Round shot

Round shot is an obsolete solid projectile without explosive charge fired from small arms or cannons. As the name implies, round shot is sphere; its diameter is slightly less than the Caliber of the gun it is fired from....
 ammunition for a cannon
Cannon

A cannon is any tubular piece of artillery, that uses gunpowder or other usually explosive-based propellants to launch a projectile over a distance....
.

By analogy, cannonball is also the name or nickname of:



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A cannonball is round shot
Round shot

Round shot is an obsolete solid projectile without explosive charge fired from small arms or cannons. As the name implies, round shot is sphere; its diameter is slightly less than the Caliber of the gun it is fired from....
 ammunition for a cannon
Cannon

A cannon is any tubular piece of artillery, that uses gunpowder or other usually explosive-based propellants to launch a projectile over a distance....
.

By analogy, cannonball is also the name or nickname of:

  • A diving
    Diving

    Diving refers to the sport of performing acrobatics while jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard of a certain height. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games....
     technique in swimming; unlike competitive diving techniques, however, its purpose is to maximize, rather than minimize, splash on water entry.


People
  • Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, jazz alto saxophonist
  • Erwin G. "Cannon Ball" Baker
    Erwin George Baker

    Erwin George "Cannon Ball" Baker was a motorcycle and automobile auto racing driver and organizer in the first half of the 20th century. Baker began his public career as a vaudeville performer, but turned to driving and racing after winning a dirt-track motorcycle race in Crawfordsville, Indiana in about 1904....
    , (1882-1960), man who traveled across the USA several times, and in whose honor, the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash
    Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash

    The Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, widely known simply as the Cannonball Baker or Cannonball Run, was an unofficial, if not outlaw, automobile auto racing run four times in the 1970s from New York City and Darien, Connecticut, on the East Coast of the United States, to Redondo Beach, California, a Los An...
     (aka "The Cannonball Run") was created
  • Frank "Cannonball" Richards, a vaudeville performer whose act involved being shot in the gut with a cannonball


Fictional Characters
  • Experiment 520, a character from Disney's Lilo & Stitch: The Series
  • Cannonball (Transformers)
    Cannonball (Transformers)

    Cannonball is the name of a fictional character in the Transformers: Cybertron toy line....
    , the Decepticon space pirate in the Transformers toy line.
  • Cannonball (comics)
    Cannonball (comics)

    Cannonball is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero, associated with the X-Men. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Bob McLeod , he first appeared in Marvel Graphic novel #4: New Mutants ....
    , Sam Guthrie, a Marvel Comics character associated with the X-Men
    X-Men

    The X-Men are a fictional superhero team in the . In the series, Professor Xavier responds to anti-Mutant prejudice by creating a haven at his Westchester County, New York mansion to train young mutants to use their powers for the benefit of humanity....
    .


Movies
  • Cannonball
    Cannonball (film)

    Cannonball, also known as Carquake, is a 1976 in film starring David Carradine. The film is one of two released in 1976 that were based on a real illegal cross-continent road race that took place for a number of years in the United States....
     (1976), a film inspired by Erwin G. "Cannon Ball" Baker
    Erwin George Baker

    Erwin George "Cannon Ball" Baker was a motorcycle and automobile auto racing driver and organizer in the first half of the 20th century. Baker began his public career as a vaudeville performer, but turned to driving and racing after winning a dirt-track motorcycle race in Crawfordsville, Indiana in about 1904....
     and his race
  • The Cannonball Run
    The Cannonball Run (film)

    The Cannonball Run is a Camp y, slapstick Film released in 1981 that starred Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Dom DeLuise and Farrah Fawcett. Hal Needham was the director and had an uncredited role as an emergency medical technician....
     (1981)
  • Cannonball Run II
    Cannonball Run II

    See also Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy DashCannonball Run II is a 1984 comedy film released by Twentieth Century Fox....
     (1984)


Music albums/songs
  • Cannonball (Pat Green album), an album by Pat Green
  • "Cannonball" (The Breeders song)
    Cannonball (The Breeders song)

    "Cannonball" is a song by The Breeders from their 1993 album Last Splash. It was released as a single on August 9 1993 on 4AD/Elektra Records....
    , a song by the Breeders from the album Last Splash
  • "Cannonball" (Supertramp song)
    Cannonball (Supertramp song)

    "Cannonball" is the opening track off of Supertramp's 1985 album Brother Where You Bound. Written and sung by keyboardist Rick Davies all in the chord of G....
    , a song by Supertramp from the album Brother Where You Bound
  • "Cannonball" (Damien Rice song)
    Cannonball (Damien Rice song)

    "Cannonball" is a song by Ireland folk singer Damien Rice. It was released as the second single from his debut album O , and reached #32 on the UK Singles Chart....
    ", a song by Damien Rice
    Damien Rice

    Damien Rice is an Irish people rock music singer.So far, he has released two studio albums: O in 2002, and 9 in 2006....
     from his 2002 album O
  • "Cannonball", a song by Five Iron Frenzy
    Five Iron Frenzy

    Five Iron Frenzy was a Christian ska band formed in Denver, Colorado, Colorado in 1995 and disbanded in 2003.The band's music was most heavily influenced by ska and punk rock, but their influences also include heavy metal music....
     from their 2004 album The End Is Near
    The End Is Near

    The End is Near is the fifth and final full-length studio album of the band Five Iron Frenzy. It was released on June 18, 2003 and sold only online and at concerts on their farewell tour, until April 20, 2004 when it was re-released as the first disc in the two-disc set The End Is Here....
  • "Cannonball", a song by Dog Eat Dog
    Dog Eat Dog (band)

    Dog Eat Dog, an United States band originally from Bergen County, New Jersey, began in 1990 as part of the Hardcore punk music scenes of New York City and New Jersey....
     from their album Walk with Me


Places
  • Cannon Ball, North Dakota
    Cannon Ball, North Dakota

    Cannon Ball is a census-designated place in Sioux County, North Dakota, North Dakota in the United States. It sits in the northeastern part of the county where the Cannonball River meets Lake Oahe of the Missouri River....
    , a city in the USA
  • Cannon ball roller coaster
    Cannon Ball roller coaster

    The Cannon Ball roller coaster is a wooden roller coaster at Lake Winnepesaukah Amusement Park, Lakeview, Georgia, near Chattanooga, Tennessee. It opened in 1967 as Lake Winnie's first roller coaster....
    , a wooden roller coaster at Lake Winnepesaukah, Georgia/Tennessee border


Television series
  • Cannonball (TV series)
    Cannonball (TV series)

    Cannonball was a 1958 Normandie Productions and ITC Entertainment co-production half-hour family drama series. Filmed in Canada, the series followed the adventures of Mike Malone and Jerry Austin as they drove trucks across the US and Canada....
    , a TV show about two truck drivers, produced in Canada in 1958-59 and syndicated in the U.S. in 1959-60


Trains
  • The Cannonball an Illinois Central passenger train routing between Chicago and New Orleans, now designated in modern times as the City of New Orleans
    City of New Orleans

    The City of New Orleans is a nightly passenger train operated by Amtrak which travels between Chicago and New Orleans. Before Amtrak's formation in 1971, the train was operated by the Illinois Central Railroad along the same route ....
  • The Cannonball, a train operated by the Long Island Rail Road
    Long Island Rail Road

    The Long Island Rail Road or LIRR is a commuter rail system serving the length of Long Island, New York that has been classified as a Class II railroad by the Surface Transportation Board....
     along its Montauk Branch
    Montauk Branch

    The Montauk - Babylon Branch is a rail line and service owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. The branch runs the length of Long Island, 115 miles from Long Island City on the west to Montauk on the east....


Video Games
  • Cannonballs
    Cannonballs

    This article is about a video game. For other uses, see cannonball.Cannonballs is an online multiplayer and singleplayer game created by WildTangent....
     A video game created by WildTangent.

See also

  • Cannonball MC
  • Cannonball Run
    Cannonball Run

    Cannonball Run may refer to:* Erwin Baker's 1933 NYC to LA drive* Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, an outlaw automobile race, memorializing Erwin Baker's drive...
  • "Galileo's Cannonball", the first episode of Legends of the Hidden Temple
    Legends of the Hidden Temple

    Legends of the Hidden Temple is a physical challenge game show for children. Hosted by Kirk Fogg, the show was produced by Nickelodeon in association with Stone Stanley Entertainment and was taped at Nickelodeon Studios at Universal Studios Florida in Orlando, Florida....