squid
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: fishing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
military
parachuting
politics
war
Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps a sailors' alteration of squirt.
Inflected forms:
form: squids
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: squid
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: squids
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: squidding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: squidded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: squidded
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles
pos: noun
gloss: A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.
pos: noun
gloss: A sailor in the Navy.
pos: noun
tags: US
derogatory
mildly
slang
gloss: A quid; one pound sterling.
pos: noun
tags: UK
humorous
rare
slang
examples: 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
gloss: A vampire squid.
pos: noun
gloss: To fish with a squid fishhook.
pos: verb
gloss: 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).
pos: verb
Related words: calamari
cuttlefish
octopus
Derived words: arctic squid
Argentine shortfin squid
arrow squid
Atlantic brief squid
Atlantic squid
banded piglet squid
bigfin reef squid
bigfin squid
bird squid
bobtail squid
bottletail squid
broad squid
bush-club squid
Caribbean reef squid
cockatoo squid
colossal squid
common squid
damp squid
Dana octopus squid
dumpling squid
European squid
firefly squid
fire squid
flying squid
giant squid
giant warty squid
glacial squid
glass squid
Gould's squid
Grimaldi scaled squid
Hawaiian bobtail squid
hooked squid
hook squid
Humboldt squid
Japanese flying squid
Japanese common squid
jewel squid
Joubin's squid
jumbo flying squid
jumbo squid
little post horn squid
long-armed squid
longarm octopus squid
longfin inshore squid
neon flying squid
New Zealand arrow squid
oval squid
Pacific flying squid
pencil squid
pygmy squid
ram's horn squid
red flying squid
red squid
reef squid
rhomboid squid
robust clubhook squid
sharpear enope squid
slender inshore squid
sparkling enope squid
spear squid
squidball
squidder
squiddy
squidhound
squid ink
squidless
squidlet
squidlike
squidling
squidpop
stinky squid
striped dumpling squid
striped pyjama squad
stubby squid
tail-light horn squid
vampire squid
whip-lash squid
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: pylinkvis
lang: Ainu
word: パㇱサンナ
roman: patsanna
lang: Ainu
word: マシタンペ
roman: masitanpe
lang: Ainu
word: エペッペッケ
roman: epetpetke
lang: Albanian
word: kallamar
lang: Arabic
word: حَبَّار
roman: ḥabbār
lang: Arabic
word: توتيا
roman: tutya
lang: Arabic
word: سبيط
roman: sobbēṭ
lang: Arabic
word: كلماري
roman: kalamāri
lang: Arabic
word: حَبَّار
roman: ḥabbār
lang: Tunisian Arabic
word: سيبيا
roman: sībya
lang: Tunisian Arabic
word: سوبية
roman: sūbya
lang: Tunisian Arabic
word: سوبيا
roman: sūbya
lang: Tunisian Arabic
word: شوباي
roman: šubǣy
lang: Tunisian Arabic
word: شوابي
roman: šwābi
lang: Armenian
word: կաղամար
roman: kaġamar
lang: Asturian
word: calamar
lang: Asturian
word: xibión
lang: Asturian
word: lulia
lang: Azerbaijani
word: kalmar
lang: Basque
word: txibia
lang: Basque
word: txipiroi
lang: Belarusian
word: кальма́р
roman: kalʹmár
lang: Bengali
word: স্কুইড
roman: skuiḍ
lang: Bau Bidayuh
word: sutung
lang: Bulgarian
word: калма́р
roman: kalmár
lang: Burmese
word: ပြည်ကြီးငါး
roman: pranykri:nga:
lang: Catalan
word: calamars
lang: Catalan
word: calamar
lang: Cherokee
word: ᏍᏈᏗ
roman: squidi
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 魷魚 /鱿鱼
lang: Chinese
word: 魷魚 /鱿鱼
roman: jiû-hî, jiû-hû
lang: Chinese
word: 鰇魚 /𬶧鱼
roman: liû-hîr, jiû-hî, liû-hî, liû-hû
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 烏賊 /乌贼
roman: wūzéi
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 魷魚 /鱿鱼
roman: yóuyú
lang: Wu Chinese
word: 魷魚 /鱿鱼
roman: ⁶yeu-ng
lang: Cornish
word: stifek
lang: Czech
word: krakatice
lang: Danish
word: blæksprutte
lang: Dutch
word: inktvis
lang: Esperanto
word: kalmaro
lang: Estonian
word: kalmaar
lang: Faroese
word: høgguslokkur
lang: Fijian
word: sulua
lang: Finnish
word: kalmari
lang: Finnish
word: mustekala
lang: French
word: seiche
lang: French
word: encornet
lang: French
word: calmar
lang: Galician
word: lura
lang: Georgian
word: მელანთევზი
roman: melantevzi
lang: German
word: Kalmar
lang: German
word: Tintenfisch
lang: Greek
word: καλαμάρι
roman: kalamári
lang: Ancient Greek
word: τευθίς
roman: teuthís
lang: Greenlandic
word: amikoq
lang: Gujarati
word: સ્ક્વિડ
roman: skviḍ
lang: Hawaiian
word: mūheʻe
lang: Hawaiian
word: heʻe
lang: Hebrew
word: דְּיוֹנוּן
roman: dyonún
lang: Hindi
word: विद्रूप
roman: vidrūp
lang: Hindi
word: स्क्विड
roman: skviḍ
lang: Hungarian
word: tintahal
lang: Hungarian
word: kalmár
lang: Hungarian
word: szépia
lang: Icelandic
word: smokkfiskur
lang: Icelandic
word: smokkur
lang: Ido
word: kalmaro
lang: Indonesian
word: cumi-cumi
lang: Indonesian
word: nus
lang: Indonesian
word: ikan sotong
lang: Interlingua
word: calamar
lang: Irish
word: scuid
lang: Irish
word: máthair shúigh
lang: Italian
word: calamaro
lang: Japanese
word: 烏賊
roman: ika
lang: Japanese
word: 鰞
roman: ika
lang: Japanese
word: 柔魚
roman: ika
lang: Japanese
word: イカ
roman: ika
lang: Javanese
word: iwak nus
lang: Kannada
word: ಸ್ಕ್ವಿಡ್
roman: skviḍ
lang: Kazakh
word: кальмар
roman: kalmar
lang: Khmer
word: ត្រីមឹក
roman: trəy mɨk
lang: Khmer
word: មឹក
roman: mɨk
lang: Khmer
word: យៀវហ៊ឺ
roman: yiəw hɨɨ
lang: Korean
word: 오징어
roman: ojing'eo
lang: Kyrgyz
word: кальмар
roman: kalmar
lang: Lao
word: ຫມຶກ
roman: mưk
lang: Lao
word: ປາອີ່ຮື
roman: pā ʼī hư̄
lang: Latin
word: lōlīgō
lang: Latvian
word: kalmārs
lang: Lithuanian
word: kalmaras
lang: Macedonian
word: ли́гна
roman: lígna
lang: Malay
word: sotong
lang: Brunei Malay
word: sutung
lang: Malayalam
word: കൂന്തൾ
roman: kūntaḷ
lang: Maltese
word: klamar
lang: Manx
word: dyachlym
lang: Manx
word: peie vreinn
lang: Manx
word: squid
lang: Māori
word: wheke
lang: Māori
word: ngū
lang: Marathi
word: स्क्विड
roman: skviḍ
lang: Mi'kmaq
word: seta'su
lang: Navajo
word: łóóʼ bigaan neeznání
lang: Navajo
word: łóóʼ bigaan neeznání íiyisígíí
lang: Nepali
word: स्क्विड
roman: skviḍ
lang: Norman
word: cônet
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: akkar
lang: Old English
word: cudele
lang: Orok
word: askuttu
lang: Persian
word: ماهی مرکب
roman: mâhi-ye morakkab
lang: Persian
word: انکاس
roman: enkâs
lang: Polish
word: kalmar
lang: Polish
word: kałamarnica
lang: Portuguese
word: lula
lang: Quechua
word: samanna
lang: Romanian
word: calamar
lang: Romanian
word: calmar
lang: Russian
word: кальма́р
roman: kalʹmár
lang: Sambali
word: posit
lang: Samoan
word: gūfe'e
lang: Samoan
word: fe'e
lang: Sassarese
word: tòtanu
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: gibeanach
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: gibearnach
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: gubarnach
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: iasg-cutail
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ли̏гња
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: lȉgnja
lang: Sinhalese
word: දැල්ලා
roman: dællā
lang: Slovak
word: kalmar
lang: Slovene
word: lígenj
lang: Spanish
word: calamar
lang: Spanish
word: chipirón
lang: Spanish
word: jibión
lang: Sundanese
word: cumi-cumi
lang: Swahili
word: pweza
lang: Swedish
word: bläckfisk
lang: Tagalog
word: pusit
lang: Tahitian
word: fee
lang: Tajik
word: калмар
roman: kalmar
lang: Tamil
word: கணவாய்
roman: kaṇavāy
lang: Telugu
word: స్క్విడ్
roman: skviḍ
lang: Thai
word: ปลาหมึก
roman: bplaa-mʉ̀k
lang: Thai
word: หมึก
roman: mʉ̀k
lang: Tigrinya
word: ኣቡ ቐለም
roman: ʾabu x̣äläm
lang: Tok Pisin
word: urita
lang: Tongan
word: 'atalava
lang: Turkish
word: mürekkep balığı
lang: Turkish
word: kalamar
lang: Turkmen
word: kalmar
lang: Ukrainian
word: кальма́р
roman: kalʹmár
lang: Urdu
word: سکویڈ
roman: skviḍ
lang: Urdu
word: قیر ماہی
roman: qīr-māhī
lang: Uyghur
word: كالمار
roman: kalmar
lang: Uzbek
word: kalmar
lang: Vietnamese
word: mực ống
lang: Waray-Waray
word: nuos
lang: Welsh
word: ystifflog
lang: Welsh
word: môr-lawes
lang: Welsh
word: twyllwr du
lang: Welsh
word: pibwr inc
lang: Yiddish
word: טינטפֿיש
roman: tintfish
lang: Zazaki
word: kalamar
lang: Zhuang
word: byayouzyiz