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WATER CANNON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does water cannon mean?
• WATER CANNON (noun)
The noun WATER CANNON has 1 sense:
1. a hose (carried on a truck) that fires water under high pressure to disperse crowds (especially crowds of rioters)
Familiarity information: WATER CANNON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hose (carried on a truck) that fires water under high pressure to disperse crowds (especially crowds of rioters)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
water cannon; watercannon
Hypernyms ("water cannon" is a kind of...):
hose; hosepipe (a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas)
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