Meaning:
Someone out of control; someone who speaks or acts recklessly
Examples:
- Now, are you a loose cannon or not?
- I just can't be dealing with a loose cannon now, Gary.
- Thanks to that loose cannon of a King!
- I need a partner, not a loose cannon.
- There is a loose cannon out there and I want him dealt with immediately.
- The guy is a loose cannon.
- This guy is a loose cannon.
- Maybe he took them because he was under pressure, and became a loose cannon.
- That guy's a loose cannon.
- He's a loose cannon, commissioner.