squid en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /skwɪd/
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps a sailors' alteration of squirt.
Meanings
- Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles
- A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.
- (US, derogatory, mildly, slang) A sailor in the Navy.
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(UK, humorous, rare, slang) A quid; one pound sterling.
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
2004, The Streets, “It Was Supposed to Be So Easy”, in A Grand Don’t Come for Free:
- (qualifier:inexact) A vampire squid.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| squids | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| squid | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
red squid · slender inshore squid · New Zealand arrow squid · broad squid · cockatoo squid · sparkling enope squid · hook squid · ram's horn squid · Japanese flying squid · fire squid · tail-light horn squid · colossal squid · bigfin squid · Atlantic brief squid · bush-club squid · common squid · Caribbean reef squid · squidhound · Japanese common squid · spear squid · giant warty squid · sharpear enope squid · stubby squid · damp squid · Atlantic squid · stinky squid · Joubin's squid · bird squid · bottletail squid · Grimaldi scaled squid · squidder · squidlike · Dana octopus squid · pygmy squid · red flying squid · squiddy · striped dumpling squid · oval squid · reef squid · European squid · giant squid · arrow squid · rhomboid squid · banded piglet squid · pencil squid · squidlet · jewel squid · squidless · flying squid · vampire squid · Argentine shortfin squid · squidling · robust clubhook squid · bobtail squid · squid ink · hooked squid · dumpling squid · neon flying squid · firefly squid · glacial squid · longarm octopus squid · Hawaiian bobtail squid · glass squid · long-armed squid · Humboldt squid · striped pyjama squad · jumbo flying squid · squidpop · jumbo squid · Pacific flying squid · arctic squid · little post horn squid · longfin inshore squid · bigfin reef squid · squidball · whip-lash squid · Gould's squid
Relateds
calamari · cuttlefish · octopus
Translations (167)
gu સ્ક્વિડ (sea animal) · sh lȉgnja (sea animal) · wuu 魷魚 /鱿鱼 (sea animal) · jv iwak nus (sea animal) · it calamaro (sea animal) · fj sulua (sea animal) · da blæksprutte (sea animal) · to 'atalava (sea animal) · gd gibeanach (sea animal) · fa انکاس (sea animal) · war nuos (sea animal) · ang cudele (sea animal) · hu tintahal (sea animal) · id cumi-cumi (sea animal) · gv squid (sea animal) · sne sutung (sea animal) · te స్క్విడ్ (sea animal) · aeb سيبيا (sea animal) · ml കൂന്തൾ (sea animal) · th ปลาหมึก (sea animal) · aeb شوابي (sea animal) · ky кальмар (sea animal) · nrf cônet (sea animal) · ro calmar (sea animal) · oaa askuttu (sea animal) · km មឹក (sea animal) · mi ngū (sea animal) · tr mürekkep balığı (sea animal) · uk кальма́р (sea animal) · za byayouzyiz (sea animal) · si දැල්ලා (sea animal) · aeb شوباي (sea animal) · my ပြည်ကြီးငါး (sea animal) · az kalmar (sea animal) · aeb سوبيا (sea animal) · ja 鰞 (sea animal) · nv łóóʼ bigaan neeznání íiyisígíí (sea animal) · ast lulia (sea animal) · bal مس ماہیگ (sea animal) · nb akkar (sea animal) · ka მელანთევზი (sea animal) · eu txipiroi (sea animal) · io kalmaro (sea animal) · bg калма́р (sea animal) · ja 烏賊 (sea animal) · pl kalmar (sea animal) · ta கணவாய் (sea animal) · ar حَبَّار (sea animal) · ja 柔魚 (sea animal) · ain パㇱサンナ (sea animal) · fr seiche (sea animal) · pt lula (sea animal) · km យៀវហ៊ឺ (sea animal) · mi wheke (sea animal) · ast xibión (sea animal) · gd gubarnach (sea animal) · cy pibwr inc (sea animal) · lo ຫມຶກ (sea animal) · ain エペッペッケ (sea animal) · id ikan sotong (sea animal) · sw pweza (sea animal) · haw mūheʻe (sea animal) · zza kalamar (sea animal) · cmn 魷魚 /鱿鱼 (sea animal) · ga scuid (sea animal) · ga máthair shúigh (sea animal) · yue 魷魚 /鱿鱼 (sea animal) · ja イカ (sea animal) · ru кальма́р (sea animal) · kw stifek (sea animal) · ne स्क्विड (sea animal) · hy կաղամար (sea animal) · ms sotong (sea animal) · ro calamar (sea animal) · be кальма́р (sea animal) · sh ли̏гња (sea animal) · uz kalmar (sea animal) · ca calamars (sea animal) · ti ኣቡ ቐለም (sea animal) · grc τευθίς (sea animal) · ca calamar (sea animal) · hu szépia (sea animal) · ast calamar (sea animal) · nan-hbl 魷魚 /鱿鱼 (sea animal) · cy môr-lawes (sea animal) · kk кальмар (sea animal) · et kalmaar (sea animal) · mk ли́гна (sea animal) · gv peie vreinn (sea animal) · sq kallamar (sea animal) · nl inktvis (sea animal) · tg калмар (sea animal) · fi kalmari (sea animal) · lo ປາອີ່ຮື (sea animal) · ia calamar (sea animal) · kxd sutung (sea animal) · haw heʻe (sea animal) · fo høgguslokkur (sea animal) · es calamar (sea animal) · fr calmar (sea animal) · su cumi-cumi (sea animal) · arz توتيا (sea animal) · fa ماهی مرکب (sea animal) · is smokkfiskur (sea animal) · ug كالمار (sea animal) · chr ᏍᏈᏗ (sea animal) · de Tintenfisch (sea animal) · tr kalamar (sea animal) · qu samanna (sea animal) · arz كلماري (sea animal) · km ត្រីមឹក (sea animal) · es jibión (sea animal) · hi विद्रूप (sea animal) · id nus (sea animal) · is smokkur (sea animal) · fi mustekala (sea animal) · tl pusit (sea animal) · nv łóóʼ bigaan neeznání (sea animal) · aeb سوبية (sea animal) · kn ಸ್ಕ್ವಿಡ್ (sea animal) · bn স্কুইড (sea animal) · cs krakatice (sea animal) · ain マシタンペ (sea animal) · el καλαμάρι (sea animal) · ur قیر ماہی (sea animal) · es chipirón (sea animal) · hu kalmár (sea animal) · pl kałamarnica (sea animal) · la lōlīgō (sea animal) · cy ystifflog (sea animal) · eu txibia (sea animal) · tpi urita (sea animal) · fr encornet (sea animal) · af pylinkvis (sea animal) · ty fee (sea animal) · sk kalmar (sea animal) · gd gibearnach (sea animal) · lv kalmārs (sea animal) · gv dyachlym (sea animal) · sm fe'e (sea animal) · th หมึก (sea animal) · hi स्क्विड (sea animal) · sdc tòtanu (sea animal) · cy twyllwr du (sea animal) · sv bläckfisk (sea animal) · ur سکویڈ (sea animal) · yi טינטפֿיש (sea animal) · eo kalmaro (sea animal) · ar حَبَّار (sea animal) · nan-hbl 鰇魚 /𬶧鱼 (sea animal) · arz سبيط (sea animal) · cmn 烏賊 /乌贼 (sea animal) · kl amikoq (sea animal) · tk kalmar (sea animal) · sl lígenj (sea animal) · vi mực ống (sea animal) · gl lura (sea animal) · mr स्क्विड (sea animal) · ko 오징어 (sea animal) · xsb posit (sea animal) · de Kalmar (sea animal) · mic seta'su (sea animal) · gd iasg-cutail (sea animal) · mt klamar (sea animal) · lt kalmaras (sea animal) · he דְּיוֹנוּן (sea animal) · sm gūfe'e (sea animal)