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A cannonball is round shot ammunition for a cannon.

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

A diving 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, (1882-1960), man who traveled across the USA several times, and in whose honor, the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash (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), the Decepticon space pirate in the Transformers toy line.
Cannonball (comics), Sam Guthrie, a Marvel Comics character associated with the X-Men.

Movies

Music albums/songs

Cannonball (Pat Green album), an album by Pat Green
"Cannonball" (The Breeders song), a song by the Breeders from the album Last Splash
"Cannonball" (Supertramp song), a song by Supertramp from the album Brother Where You Bound
"Cannonball" (Damien Rice song)", a song by Damien Rice from his 2002 album O
"Cannonball", a song by Five Iron Frenzy from their 2004 album The End Is Near
"Cannonball", a song by Dog Eat Dog from their album Walk with Me

Places

Television series

Cannonball (TV series), 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
The Cannonball, a train operated by the Long Island Rail Road along its Montauk Branch

See also