squid

plural squids

1. 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 imitate a squid.
3. USderogatorymildlyslanggovernmentA sailor in the Navy.
4. UKhumorousrareslangA quid; one pound sterling.

   Can you lend me five squid? I feel like a bacon sarnie.

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   Press the fifty squid button – "Insufficient funds". […] A thousandth of a million squid or two monkeys / Or a whole fifty scores

   2004, The Streets, “It Was Supposed to Be So Easy”, in A Grand Don’t Come for Free

5. inexactA vampire squid.

present singular third person squids · participle present squidding · participle past squidded · past squidded

1. fishingTo fish with a squid fishhook.
2. hobbiesTo 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).

plural squids

1. derogatoryslanghobbiesA 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

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   "squid: a cocky motorcyclist who darts very aggressively through traffic"²

1. uncountableA 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.

plural SQUIDs

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