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noun
Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A sailor in the Navy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, derogatory, mildly, slang
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
A quid; one pound sterling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, humorous, rare, slang
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noun
A vampire squid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: inexact
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noun
A motorcyclist, especially a sport biker, characterized by reckless riding and lack of protective gear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, slang
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, motorcycling
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Acronym of superconducting quantum interference device, a sensor that uses certain quantum effects to detect small magnetic fields.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
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verb
To fish with a squid fishhook.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle
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verb
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).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, parachuting
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noun
widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: decapod
Narrower terms: loligo, ommastrephes, architeuthis, giant squid
noun
(Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: calamari, calamary
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Broader terms: seafood
History
Unknown. Perhaps a sailors' alteration of squirt.
Possibly a blend of stupid + quick; "stupid, quick, under-dressed and imminently dead", a claimed origin, is probably a backronym.
Calque of Korean 오징어 (ojing'eo).
Across languages
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