# squid
## English

[[Image:Loligo vulgaris.jpg|thumb|right|[[European squid|European squid (Loligo vulgaris)]]

### Etymology 1

Unknown. Perhaps a sailors' alteration of squirt.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /skwɪd/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪd

#### Noun

squid (plural squids or squid)
* 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 derogatory) 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.
** 2004, The Streets (lyrics and music), “It Was Supposed to Be So Easy”, in A Grand Don’t Come for Free:Press the fifty squid button – "Insufficient funds". […] A thousandth of a million squid or two monkeys / Or a whole fifty scores
* (inexact) A vampire squid.

##### Derived terms

* arctic squid (Gonatus fabricii)
* Argentine shortfin squid (Illex argentinus)
* arrow squid
* Atlantic brief squid (Lolliguncula brevis)
* Atlantic squid (Loligo spp.)
* banded piglet squid (Helicocranchia pfefferi)
* bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana)
* bigfin squid (Magnapinna spp.)
* bird squid (Ornithoteuthis)
* bobtail squid (order Sepiolida)
* bottletail squid
* broad squid (Uroteuthis etheridgei)
* bush-club squid (Batoteuthis skolops)
* Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea)
* cockatoo squid (family Cranchiidae)
* colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni)
* common squid
* damp squid
* Dana octopus squid (Taningia danae)
* dumpling squid
* European squid (Loligo vulgaris)
* firefly squid (Watasenia scintillans)
* fire squid (family Pyroteuthidae)
* flying squid (family Ommastrephidae)
* giant squid (family Architeuthidae)
* giant warty squid (Kondakovia longimana)
* glacial squid (Psychroteuthis glacialis)
* glass squid (family Cranchiidae)
* Gould's squid (Nototodarus gouldi)
* Grimaldi scaled squid (Lepidoteuthis grimaldii)
* Hawaiian bobtail squid (Euprymna scolopes)
* hooked squid (family Onychoteuthidae)
* hook squid (Enoploteuthis etc.)
* Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas)
* Japanese flying squid, Japanese common squid (Todarodes pacificus)
* jewel squid (Histioteuthis spp.)
* Joubin's squid (Joubiniteuthis portieri)
* jumbo squid (Dosidicus gigas)
* little post horn squid (Spirula spirula)
* long-armed squid (Chiroteuthis veranyi)
* longarm octopus squid (Kondakovia longimana)
* longfin inshore squid (Doryteuthis pealeii)
* neon flying squid (Ommastrephes bartramii)
* New Zealand arrow squid (Nototodarus sloanii)
* oval squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana)
* Pacific flying squid (Todarodes pacificus)
* pencil squid (family Loliginidae)
* pygmy squid
* ram's horn squid (Spirula spirula)
* red flying squid, red squid (Ommastrephes bartramii)
* reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea)
* rhomboid squid (Thysanoteuthis rhombus)
* robust clubhook squid (Onykia robusta)
* sharpear enope squid (Ancistrocheirus lesueurii)
* slender inshore squid (Doryteuthis plei)
* sparkling enope squid (Watasenia scintillans)
* spear squid (Hetrololigo bleekeri)
* squidhound (Morone saxatilis)
* stinky squid (Pseudocolus fusiformis)
* striped dumpling squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis)
* striped pyjama squad (Vampyroteuthis infernalis)
* stubby squid
* tail-light horn squid (Spirula spirula)
* vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis)
* whip-lash squid (family Mastigoteuthidae)

##### See also

* calamari
* cuttlefish
* octopus

#### Verb

squid (third-person singular simple present squids, present participle squidding, simple past and past participle squidded)
* (fishing) To fish with a squid fishhook.
* (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).

#### References

* squid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Teuthida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Category:Teuthida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

### Etymology 2

Possibly a blend of stupid +‎ quick; "stupid, quick, under-dressed and imminently dead", a claimed origin, is probably a backronym.

#### Noun

squid (plural squids)
* (slang, motorcycling, derogatory) 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"$^2$

#### References

* Harrison, Greg. Son of Squid. American Motorcyclist. Vol. 41, No. 8. ISSN 0277-9358. p. 5. Aug 1987
* Hough, David L. (2000), Proficient Motorcycling: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well (2nd ed.), USA: BowTie Press, p. 253, →ISBN, 9781889540535, p. 253.

### Anagrams

* Qudsi, quids