torpedo
An electric ray of the genus TorpedoAn electric ray of the genus Torpedo.
» The enemy torpedoed our ship.
Der Feind torpedierte unser Schiff.
Der Feind nahm unser Schiff unter Torpedobeschuss.
Meaning
15 sensesAn electric ray of the genus Torpedo.
Zitterrochen
торпе́доtorpédo, электри́ческий скатelektríčeskij skat
A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel quickly underwater and is used as a weapon.
armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target
A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel quickly underwater and is used as a weapon.
A similar projectile that can travel through space.
(Northeastern, US)Synonym of submarine sandwich.
(slang)A professional gunman or assassin.
(US)A small explosive device attached to the top of the rail to provide an audible warning when a train passes over it.
a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it; the sound of the explosion warns the engineer of danger ahead
A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface
(historical)An automobile with a streamlined profile and a folding or detachable soft top, and having the hood or bonnet line raised to be level with the car's waistline, resulting in a straight beltline from front to back.
A focal ovoid swelling on the axons of Purkinje cells, observed in several diseases such as essential tremor and spinocerebellar ataxia.
(US, usually plural, slang)A woman's shoe with a pointed toe.
(US, usually plural, slang)A large breast; a breast with a large nipple.
A marijuana cigarette.
(slang)A thick marijuana cigarette.
Examples
16 sentencesThe enemy torpedoed our ship.
deDer Feind torpedierte unser Schiff. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
There's only one torpedo left.
A torpedo sunk the ship Tom's grandfather was on.
A torpedo sunk the ship that Tom's grandfather was on.
The ship Tom's grandfather was on was sunk by a torpedo.
deDas Schiff, auf dem Toms Großvater war, wurde von einem Torpedo versenkt. — raggione
Translations
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Origin
* Borrowed from Latin torpēdō (“a torpedo fish; numbness, torpidity, electric ray”), from* Borrowed from Latin torpēdō (“a torpedo fish; numbness, torpidity, electric ray”), from torpeō (“to be stiff, numb, torpid; to be astounded; to be inactive”) + -ēdō (noun suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“stiff”). In the military sense coined by Robert Fulton in 1805. Cognate with Old English steorfan (“to die”), Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós, “solid”), Lithuanian tirpstu (“to become rigid”), Old Church Slavonic трупети (trupeti).
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Forms
plural: torpedoes / torpedosSynonyms
63 synonyms- any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges:electric raycrampfishnumbfish
- a professional killer who uses a gun:gunslingerhired gungungun for hiretriggermanshooter
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States:bombergrinderherohero sandwichhoagiehoagyCuban sandwichItalian sandwich