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squid

noun
/skwɪd/

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from *gʷih₃wós✻
  2. inherited from *kwikwaz✻
  3. inherited from *kwiku✻
  4. inherited from cwic
  5. inherited from quik
  6. compounded as squid — “stupid + quick”

Definitions

  1. Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a…

    Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles

  2. A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance fastened on its shank to…

    A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.

  3. A sailor in the Navy.

  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. A quid

      A quid; one pound sterling.

      • 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

    2. A vampire squid.

    3. To fish with a squid fishhook.

    4. To cause squidding (an improper, partial, parachute inflation, that results in the sides…

      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).

    5. A motorcyclist, especially a sport biker, characterized by reckless riding and lack of…

      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

    6. A South Korean children's game where players, divided into offense and defense, compete…

      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.

    7. Acronym of superconducting quantum interference device, a sensor that uses certain…

      Acronym of superconducting quantum interference device, a sensor that uses certain quantum effects to detect small magnetic fields.

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Derived

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 · +37 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at squid. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01squid02tentacles03tentacle04octopus05cuttlefish06cephalopods07cephalopod

A definitional loop anchored at squid. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at squid

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA