shanghai
A breed of chicken with large bodies, long legs, and feathered shanksA breed of chicken with large bodies, long legs, and feathered shanks.
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» For how long are you in Shanghai?
Як довго ви будете в Шанхаї? — Internecivus
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5 senses(capitalized, dated, often)A breed of chicken with large bodies, long legs, and feathered shanks.
(capitalized, often)A kind of dart game in which players are gradually eliminated ("shanghaied"), usually either by failing to reach a certain score in 3 quick throws or during a competition to hit a certain prechosen number and then be the first to hit the prechosen numbers of the other players.
(Australia, New Zealand)Synonym of slingshot.
(US, obsolete)A kind of daub.
(US, obsolete)A tall dandy.
- the largest city of China; located in the east on the Pacific; one of the largest ports in the world
Examples
74 sentencesFor how long are you in Shanghai?
Як довго ви будете в Шанхаї? — Internecivus
They made a mistake, it's not Mexican jerboa, it's Shanghai leopard.
Вас ошукали, це не мексиканський тушкан, це шанхайський барс. — deniko
ruВас обманули, это не мексиканский тушкан, это шанхайский барс. — deniko
Shanghai has a humid, subtropical climate.
deSchanghai hat ein feuchtes subtropisches Klima. — al_ex_an_der
Shanghai is a really fascinating city.
deShanghai ist eine wirklich faszinierende Stadt. — al_ex_an_der
Shanghai is the city we miss the most.
Origin
1871, from the important Chinese port Shanghai, as a verb with reference to the former pra1871, from the important Chinese port Shanghai, as a verb with reference to the former practice by some shippers on the West Coast of the United States of press-ganging crews for fishing or shipping in the Pacific Ocean.
From Scottish shangan, from Scottish Gaelic seangan, influenced by the Chinese city.
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