shanghai
see also: Shanghai
Pronunciation Verb
Shanghai
Pronunciation
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see also: Shanghai
Pronunciation Verb
shanghai (shanghais, present participle shanghaiing; past and past participle shanghaied)
- (transitive) To force or trick (someone) into joining a ship as part of the crew.
- 1999 June 24, ‘The Resurrection of Tom Waits’, in Rolling Stone, quoted in Innocent When You Dream, Orion (2006), page 256,
- It was the strangest galley: the sounds, the steam, he's screaming at his coworkers. I felt like I'd been shanghaied.
- 1999 June 24, ‘The Resurrection of Tom Waits’, in Rolling Stone, quoted in Innocent When You Dream, Orion (2006), page 256,
- (transitive) To abduct or coerce.
- 1974 September 30, ‘Final Report on the Activities of the Children of God ↗',
- Oftentimes the approach is to shanghai an unsuspecting victim.
- 1985, Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale
- Their power had a flaw to it. They could be shanghaied in toilets.
- 1974 September 30, ‘Final Report on the Activities of the Children of God ↗',
- (transitive, US) To trick (a person) into entering a jurisdiction where they can lawfully be arrested.
- (transitive) To commandeer; appropriate; hijack
- Let's see if we can shanghai a room for a couple of hours.
- (force or trick someone into joining a ship; abduct or coerce) press-gang
- German: schanghaien
- Italian: arruolare a forza
shanghai (plural shanghais)
Nounshanghai (plural shanghais)
- (AU, NZ) A slingshot.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 206:
- They scrounged around the camp […] and held out their filthy wings to the feeble sun, making themselves an easy target for Charles's shanghai.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 206:
Shanghai
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈʃæŋ.haɪ/, /ʃæŋˈhaɪ/
- A direct-administered municipality/major port city in eastern China, between Jiangsu and Zhejiang, comprising Shanghai proper and its suburbs.
- Paris of the East
- French: Shanghai, Chang-hai
- German: Schanghai
- Italian: Shanghai
- Portuguese: Xangai
- Russian: Шанха́й
- Spanish: Shanghái
shanghai (plural shanghais)
- A type of long-legged chicken believed to be of Asian origin.
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