Meaning

Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles.

Definitions by Sense

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. (US, military, slang, mildly derogatory) A sailor in the Navy.
4. (UK, slang, humorous, rare) A quid; one pound sterling.
5. (inexact) A vampire squid.
6. (fishing) To fish with a squid fishhook.
7. (parachuting) 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).
8. (slang, motorcycling, derogatory) A motorcyclist, especially a sport biker, characterized by reckless riding and lack of protective gear.

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

Word Forms

• squids
• squid
• squidding
• squidded

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When Should You Use Squid?

Use squid when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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