squid — English Dictionary

Noun

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. A sailor in the Navy.

   Usage

   • US usage
   • Derogatory
   • mildly
   • Slang

4. A quid; one pound sterling.

   Usage

   • UK usage
   • Humorous
   • Rare
   • Slang

   Examples

   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

5. A vampire squid.

Verb

1. To fish with a squid fishhook.

2. 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).

Noun

1. A motorcyclist, especially a sport biker, characterized by reckless riding and lack of protective gear.

   Usage

   • Derogatory
   • Slang

   Examples

   "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

Noun

1. 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.

   Usage

   • Uncountable

Noun

1. (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food

   Synonyms

   calamaricalamary

   Broader terms

   seafood

2. widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins

   Broader terms

   decapod