squid
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- //skwɪd//
Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles
Substantiv
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Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles
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A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.
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SlangA sailor in the Navy.
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seltenA quid; one pound sterling.
Can you lend me five squid? I feel like a bacon sarnie.
Press the fifty squid button – "Insufficient funds". […] A thousandth of a million squid or two monkeys / Or a whole fifty scores
- 5
A vampire squid.
Herkunft
Unknown. Perhaps a sailors' alteration of squirt.
Verb
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To fish with a squid fishhook.
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To cause squidding (an improper, partial, parachute inflation, that results in the sides of the parachute folding in on the center, and pulsating back and forth).
Substantiv
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SlangA motorcyclist, especially a sport biker, characterized by reckless riding and lack of protective gear.
"In my mind, a street squid is anyone who races on the street. Period."¹
"squid: a cocky motorcyclist who darts very aggressively through traffic"²
Herkunft
Possibly a blend of stupid + quick; "stupid, quick, under-dressed and imminently dead", a claimed origin, is probably a backronym.
Substantiv
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A South Korean children's game where players, divided into offense and defense, compete on a squid-shaped field; the offensive team tries to reach a designated area, and the defensive team attempts to block them.
Herkunft
Calque of Korean 오징어 (ojing'eo).
Formen
- Plural
- squids
- Präteritum
- squidded
- Partizip II
- squidded
- Partizip I
- squidding
- 3. Person Singular
- squids
squid · Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles
squire · A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.Squire · A surname originating as an occupation.squirrel · Any of the rodents of the family Sciuridae.