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cannon roll

cannon roll noun: a type of stunt in the early days of cinema in which a roll is induced by turning the car sharply and firing a piston into the ground from the underside of the car.

Noun

cannon roll (plural cannon rolls)

  1. A type of stunt in the early days of cinema in which a roll is induced by turning the car sharply and firing a piston into the ground from the underside of the car.

Forms of cannon roll

pluralcannon rolls

Questions about cannon roll

What does cannon roll mean?
Cannon roll means a type of stunt in the early days of cinema in which a roll is induced by turning the car sharply and firing a piston into the ground from the underside of the car.
What part of speech is cannon roll?
Cannon roll is a noun.
What is the plural of cannon roll?
The plural of cannon roll is cannon rolls.

Words near cannon roll in the dictionary

  1. cannon lock
  2. cannon locks
  3. cannon metal
  4. cannon pinion
  5. cannon pinions
  6. cannon roll
  7. cannon rolls
  8. cannon-ball
  9. cannon-balls
  10. cannon-fodder
  11. cannonade

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