squid
see also: SQUID
Pronunciation
SQUID
Pronunciation
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see also: SQUID
Pronunciation
- IPA: /skwɪd/
squid (plural squids)
- Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles
- A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.
- (US, military, slang, mildly, pejorative) A sailor in the Navy.
- (UK, slang, humorous, rare) A quid; one pound sterling.
- Can you lend me five squid? I feel like a bacon sarnie.
- French: seiche (10 arms), pieuvre (8 arms), poulpe (8 arms), encornet, calmar
- German: Kalmar, Tintenfisch
- Italian: calamaro
- Portuguese: lula
- Russian: кальма́р
- Spanish: calamar
squid (squids, present participle squidding; past and past participle squidded)
- (angling) To fish with the kind of hook called a squid.
- (parachuting) 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.
squid (plural squids)
- (slang, motorcycling, pejorative) A 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
SQUID
Pronunciation
- IPA: /skwɪd/
squid (plural squids)
- Acronym of superconducting quantum interference device, a sensor that uses certain quantum effects to detect small magnetic fields.
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