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3 PHRASE If someone is a loose cannon , they do whatever they want and nobody can predict what they are going to do. □  Max is a loose cannon politically.

4 → see also water cannon

can|non|ade /kæ nəne I d/ (cannonades ) N‑COUNT A cannonade is an intense continuous attack of gunfire. □  …the distant thunder of a cannonade.

cannon|ball /kæ nənbɔːl/ (cannonballs ) also cannon ball N‑COUNT A cannonball is a heavy metal ball that is fired from a cannon.

ca n|non fod|der also cannon-fodder N‑UNCOUNT If someone in authority regards people they are in charge of as cannon fodder , they do not care if these people are harmed or lost in the course of their work. □  The conscripts were treated as cannon fodder.

can|not ◆◇◇ /kæ nɒt, kənɒ t/ Cannot is the negative form of can .

can|ny /kæ ni/ (cannier , canniest ) ADJ [usu ADJ n] A canny person is clever and able to think quickly. You can also describe a person's behaviour as canny . □  He was far too canny to risk giving himself away.

ca|noe /kənuː / (canoes ) N‑COUNT A canoe is a small, narrow boat that you move through the water using a stick with a wide end called a paddle.

ca|noe|ing /kənuː I ŋ/ N‑UNCOUNT Canoeing is the sport of using and racing a canoe. □  They went canoeing in the wilds of Canada.

ca|noe|ist /kənuː I st/ (canoeists ) N‑COUNT A canoeist is someone who is skilled at racing and performing tests of skill in a canoe.

can|on /kæ nən/ (canons )

1 N‑COUNT A canon is a member of the clergy who is on the staff of a cathedral.

2 N‑COUNT A canon of texts is a list of them that is accepted as genuine or important. [FORMAL ] □ [+ of ] He had to read a canon of accepted literary texts. □  …the Irish literary canon.

ca|noni|cal /kənɒ n I k ^ə l/ ADJ [ADJ n] If something has canonical status, it is accepted as having all the qualities that a thing of its kind should have. □  …Ballard's status as a canonical writer.

can|on|ize /kæ nəna I z/ (canonizes , canonizing , canonized ) in BRIT, also use canonise VERB [usu passive] If a dead person is canonized , it is officially announced by the Catholic Church that he or she is a saint. □ [be V -ed] Joan of Arc was finally canonized by Pope Benedict XV in 1920.

ca n|on la w N‑UNCOUNT Canon law is the law of the Christian Church. It has authority only for that church and its members. □  The Church's canon law forbids remarriage of divorced persons.

ca|noo|dle /kənuː d ^ə l/ (canoodles , canoodling , canoodled ) VERB If two people are canoodling , they are kissing and holding each other a lot. [mainly OLD-FASHIONED ] □ [V + with ] He was seen canoodling with his new girlfriend. [Also V ]

ca n open|er (can openers ) N‑COUNT A can opener is the same as a tin opener .

cano|pied /kæ nəpid/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] A canopied building or piece of furniture is covered with a roof or a piece of material supported by poles. □  …a canopied Elizabethan bed.

cano|py /kæ nəpi/ (canopies )

1 N‑COUNT A canopy is a decorated cover, often made of cloth, which is placed above something such as a bed or a seat.

2 N‑COUNT [usu sing] A canopy is a layer of something that spreads out and covers an area, for example the branches and leaves that spread out at the top of trees in a forest. □  The trees formed such a dense canopy that all beneath was a deep carpet of pine-needles.

cant /kæ nt/ N‑UNCOUNT If you refer to moral or religious statements as cant , you are criticizing them because you think the person making them does not really believe what they are saying. [DISAPPROVAL ] □  …politicians holding forth with their usual hypocritical cant.

can't /kɑː nt, [AM ] kæ nt/ Can't is the usual spoken form of 'cannot'.

can|ta|loupe /kæ ntəluːp, [AM ] -loʊp/ (cantaloupes ) also cantaloup N‑COUNT A cantaloupe is a type of melon .