squid
/skwɪd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles
noun
A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.
noun
verb
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
A motorcyclist, especially a sport biker, characterized by reckless riding and lack of protective gear.
Derogatory; Slang
Example Sentences
- "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"
- ""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"
Etymology
Usage
- American usage
- Derogatory
- Slang
- British usage
- Humorous
- Uncountable
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
arctic squid
Argentine shortfin squid
arrow squid
Atlantic brief squid
Atlantic squid
banded piglet squid
bigfin reef squid
bigfin squid