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shanghaiing

noun

The act of one who shanghais; a press-ganging or abduction.

Scrabble 19

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Meanings

verb

gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of shanghai

nounshanghaiing (plural shanghaiings)

plural shanghaiings

The act of one who shanghais; a press-ganging or abduction.

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with shanghaiing

trying buying flying applying dying lying crying drying denying spying tying complying implying frying dyeing defying vying undying prying sighing plying scrying decrying retrying

Cite this entry

APA

shanghaiing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shanghaiing

MLA

“shanghaiing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shanghaiing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shanghaiing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shanghaiing.

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