Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hand cannon

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English

Syllables
hand -can-non
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An early firearm requiring manual ignition through a touch hole.

noun

A very large handgun, often impractically so.

American usage; Slang

Example Sentences

Etymology

From hand + cannon.

Usage

Inflected Forms

hand cannons (plural) handcannon (alternative)

Synonyms

gonne handgonne

Questions

What does hand cannon mean?
An early firearm requiring manual ignition through a touch hole.
Where does hand cannon come from?
From hand + cannon.

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