Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of various marine cephalopod mollusks of the genus Loligo and related genera, having a usually elongated body, ten arms surrounding the mouth, a vestigial internal shell, and a pair of triangular or rounded fins.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A kind of cuttlefish or calamary; a dibranchiate cephalopod with ten arms, especially of the family Loliginidæ or Teuthididæ. The name is most frequently given to the small, slender calamaries, a few inches long and with a caudal fin, which are much used as bait, but is extended (with or without a qualifying term) to many other species of different genera and families, some of which, as the giant squids, are the largest of cephalopods. See cuts under Architeuthis, calamary, Desmoteuthis, Laliginidæ, Sepiola, and Spirula, and compare those under Dibranchiata, cuttlefish, and Sepia.
- n. An artificial bait or lure of metal, ivory, etc., used in angling or trolling for fish, often simply a fish-hook on the shank of which a mass of lead is melted in cylindrical or tapering form to imitate a squid (def. 1).
- To fish with a squid or spoon-bait.
Wiktionary
- n. Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles
- n. A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.
- n. mildly pejorative A sailor in the Navy.
- n. UK, slang, humorous, rare A quid; one pound sterling.
- n. slang, motorcycling, pejorative A motorcyclist characterized by lack of riding gear, reckless/careless/unsafe riding, especially of sport bikers.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of ten-armed cephalopods having a long, tapered body, and a caudal fin on each side; especially, any species of Loligo, Ommastrephes, and related genera. See calamary, decacerata, dibranchiata.
- n. A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance, fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.
WordNet 3.0
- n. (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food
- n. widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins
Etymologies
- Possibly a blend of stupid and quick; "stupid, quick, under-dressed and imminently dead", a claimed origin, is probably a backronym Derived from "squirrelly kid" (Wiktionary)
- Origin unknown. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“0.0.0.0: 3128 0.0.0.0: * LISTEN 12384 / (squid) ifeatu@ubuntu: / etc / squid$ here is the error I get when I redirect all firefox traffic thru the proxy ...”
“So if the squid is associated with females and vaginae, and Doctor Manhattan is associated with penises,”
“The giant squid is an "eat the crew, ask questions later" kind of cephalopod”
“Rapid changes of intracellular free calcium concentration: detection by metallochromic indicator dyes in squid giant axon," Biophys.”
“Nothing a writer says surprises me anymore, not even if Jeff VanderMeer told me he did his first drafts while dangling naked upside from a coconut palm, writing in squid ink through the hollowed fingerbone of William S. Burroughs.”
MIND MELD: Behind the Scenes...How the Hottest Short Fiction Anthologies Are Created (Part 1)
“Place pan in oven to cook for 5 minutes until shrimps become pink and squid is slightly brown at the edge.”
Paella with Chorizo and Seafood : The Cooking Adventures of Chef Paz
“Next time we do meat and not fish; getting four whole squid is intimidating!”
“To some, that squid is simply a bizarre natural phenomenon.”
“But, yes, the only known specimen of an iron squid is now in my keeping.”
“I am still looking forward to this movie and will be seeing on opening day and I except to be giggling with pleasure the entire time (up to the end), but the squid is what makes the story brilliant.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘squid’.
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EN - fine scholarly language
exhort, accretion, twenty-nine, atrophy, additive, brilliantly, interreligious, empiricism, pathologic, limitless, half-century, vigilant and 488 more...
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Shorts
Abbreviations & symbolic numbers
2d, 3d, mba, mp, pc, tdc, gto, gt, 1664, thx 1138, pa, lol and 111 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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molluscs
very comprehensive list
of molluscs,who does not like
calamari? hmm yum
molluscigerous
100,000 species just in molluscsabalone, ammonite, argonaut, ataata, belon, bivalve, blackhead, bluepoint, brachiopod, buckie, byssal, byssus and 271 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
veal, valve, used, yak, wax, wan, teak, vat, vas, strip, use, strap and 4515 more...
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animals (1 syllable)
A list of common animal names. Keep the list to 1 syllable words.No scientific names. No proper names like 'Fluffy' the elephant.Insects and other creatures (even ficticious) are welcome!You can ...
dog, cat, bear, bee, ass, ape, horse, squid, bug, hare, hawk, pig and 138 more...
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PECH - marine species
Alaska plaice, African cuttlefish, Alaska pollock, Alaska pollack, walleye pollock, alewife, gaspereau, river herring, sawbelly, allis shad, American angler, goosefish and 994 more...
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Squiddy
Squiddishiousness
squid, squidwarts, squarf, squiddity, squiddiddition, the id of the squid, squisk, squeep, squiddiddiddity, squiddie, squiddishious, squidnunc and 168 more...
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Genes
Interesting gene names. Some of these may have changed recently (to something less offensive/funny).
http://www.genenames.org/
tinman, agnostic, dreadlocks, Van Gogh, fruitless, lava lamp, ariadne, cheap date, ken and barbie, I'm not dead yet, I'm not dead yet 2, manic fringe and 1192 more... -
food collection
bread, peel, pot, chorizo, Filet, olive, fill, Phyllo, dough, bake, mat, pinot and 988 more...
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tHe Best Animals Ever
giraffe, elepant, cattle, water buffalo, langur monkey, baboon, lion, antelope, cheetah, tapeworm, kangaroo, bullfrog and 102 more...
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Origin unknown
bamboozle, ballyhoo, banter, bludgeon, chad, cocktail, culvert, curmugeon, dildo, dude, dweeb, dyke and 51 more...
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stuff related to weirdpunk
weirdpunk
psychpunk
psychedelic punk
avantpunksquid, punky brewster, bonce, weird al, andy warhol, rink-a-dink-dunkpunk, lava lamp, squidpunk, boncepunk, london's burning ..., hey diddle diddle..., psycho bumplebuppy and 23 more...
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Animals
pig, camel, ant, ape, donkey, badger, bat, beaver, bee, cat, dog, cow and 82 more...
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A _____ walks into a bar...
horse, bear, termite, grasshopper, panda, cowboy, guy with a chunk ..., duck, talking dog, guy with a toad o..., guy, blind man and 74 more...
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recent
Friends, of, today, are, not, only, interested, molar, Whistles, armpit, stinks, spotted and 26 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for squid.
reesetee Bilby: This helps explain. The law is the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008. Craftspeople on Etsy, eBay, and other such sites were up in arms because the law as originally passed might have put many of them out of business. Mar 16, 2009
sionnach Hmmm. Snuggly-warm polyester fleece, eh? Tempting, though a little pricey...
At last, the long-underrepresented giant aquatic invertebrate community has a TV presence!
Someone must not be watching Squidbillies! Mar 16, 2009
bilby "Squidhats are back! No buttons and no paint to comply with the new law. Textiles only."
What's the law being referred to? Mar 16, 2009
reesetee Squidwear! Mar 15, 2009
oroboros (S)uperconducting (Q)(U)antum (I)nterference (D)evice. Oct 17, 2008
reesetee At last, the long-underrepresented giant aquatic invertebrate community has a TV presence! Oct 14, 2008
chained_bear Squid in the news!
My favorite part:
"This sassy cephalopod takes no prisoners," she added. Oct 14, 2008
vanishedone Strangely enough, this is the first comment here. I'll be boringly informative and observe that Squid is also a kind of caching proxy. Mar 15, 2008