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A list of phrases related to the word "cannonball"...
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A bigger
bang
for your buck
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Address the
ball
( golfing term denoting readiness to play )
After the
ball
was over
Ball
achingly good
Ball
and chain
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Ball
of fire
Ban the
bomb
Bang
goes nothing
Bang
on
Bang
on about
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Bang
out of order
Bang
to rights
Bang
your head against a brick wall
Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer came down upon her head ( The Beatles song lyric )
Behind the eight
ball
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Big
bang
Bite the
bullet
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Bullet
Joe ( Nickname of baseball player Charles Rogan )
Can of corn ( A baseball expression meaning a
ball
which is easy to catch )
Cannon
fodder
Carry the
ball
Curve
ball
( a difficult proposition - deriving from baseball terminology )
Death
metal
Different
ball
game
Doctor Strangelove Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The
Bomb
( Peter Sellers movie )
Dodged a
bullet
Drop the
ball
End of the
ball
game
Faster than a speeding
bullet
( A catchphrase from Superman )
Father of The Atomic
Bomb
( Nickname of Robert Oppenheimer )
Full
Metal
Jacket ( Stanley Kubrick movie )
Gang
bang
Get a
bang
out of something
Get the
ball
rolling
Give someone a
rocket
Go with a
bang
Ground
ball
( A baseball expression meaning a prosaic or ordinary accomplishment )
Have a
ball
Have the
ball
at your feet
Heavy
metal
High
ball
It's not
rocket
science
Keep the
ball
rolling
Keep your eye on the
ball
Knock the cover off the
ball
( A baseball expression meaning succeed beyond expectation )
Laser
Rocket
Arm ( Nickname of Peyton Manning )
Letter
bomb
Looks like a
bomb
has hit it
Loose
cannon
Magic
bullet
Metal
fatigue
More
bang
for your buck
Not with a
bang
but a whimper ( from a poem by Eliot )
Not with a
bang
but with a whimper
On the
ball
Play
ball
Pocket
rocket
Put the pedal to the
metal
Rocket
Man ( Elton John song )
Rubber
bullet
( a
bullet
made of rubber or plastic and used for riot control )
Run with the
ball
Silver
bullet
( a simple and seeming effortless solution to a difficult problem )
Slap
bang
in the middle
Sphere
of influence
Spot the
ball
Start the
ball
rolling
Take me out to the
ball
game
That's the way the
ball
bounces
The Cajun
Cannon
( Nickname of Bobby Hebert )
The Cannonball Kid ( Nickname of tennis player Roscoe Tanner )
The Head
Ball
Coach ( Nickname of Steve Spurrier )
The
Missile
( Nickname of Qadry Ismail )
The Mississippi
Bullet
( Nickname of Monta Ellis )
The Ol'
Ball
Coach ( Nickname of Steve Spurrier )
The Pocket
Rocket
( Nickname of Wayne McCullough Flag of Northern Ireland Flag of Ireland )
The Polish
Cannon
( Nickname of Sebastian Janikowski )
The Queen of TV Comedy ( Nickname of comedienne Lucille
Ball
)
The Red
Rocket
( Nickname of Matt Bonner )
The
Rocket
( Nickname of Raghib Ismail )
The
Rocket
( Nickname of Roger Clemens )
The
ball
is in your court
The belle of the
ball
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The old
ball
and chain
The sound of leather on willow ( sound of the
ball
on the bat in cricket )
The way the
ball
bounces
Trap and
ball
( children's
ball
game )
Wabash Cannonball ( Roy Acuff song )
Weather
bomb
( a rapidly deepening low pressure area causing severe storms )
Whole
ball
of wax
Whole new
ball
game