1. Hannibal - Noun
2. Hannibal - Proper noun
a town in northeast Missouri on the Mississippi River; boyhood home of Mark Twain
general who commanded the Carthaginian army in the second Punic War; crossed the Alps and defeated the Romans but was recalled to defend Carthage and was defeated (247-182 BC)
Source: WordNetIf a playwright tried to see eye to eye with everybody, he would get the worst case of strabismus since Hannibal lost an eye trying to count his nineteen elephants during a snowstorm while crossing the Alps. James Thurber
Hannibal was a very pretty fellow in those days. William Congreve
This is a sworn treaty made between us, Hannibal ... and Xenophanes the Athenian ... in the presence of all the gods who possess Macedonia and the rest of Greece. Polybius
Hannibal is on the jazz. Mr. T
I went see the horror thriller, Hannibal. I am a massive fan of Anthony Hopkins. He is superb in the film. David Ginola
Hannibal is at the gate. Dutch Proverb