Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of various marine cephalopod mollusks of several families of the superorder Decapodiformes (or Decabrachia), having a usually elongated body, eight arms and two tentacles, a reduced or absent internal shell, and a pair of fins.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A kind of cuttlefish or calamary; a dibranchiate cephalopod with ten arms, especially of the family Loliginidæ or Teuthididæ.
  • noun 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.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (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.
  • noun A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance, fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.
  • noun (Zoöl.) See under Flying, and Giant.
  • noun (Zoöl.) the striped bass.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun slang, motorcycling, pejorative A motorcyclist characterized by lack of riding gear, reckless/careless/unsafe riding, especially of sport bikers.
  • 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 mildly pejorative A sailor in the Navy.
  • noun UK, slang, humorous, rare A quid; one pound sterling.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food
  • noun widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Origin unknown.]

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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"

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Unknown. Perhaps related to squirt

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  • Strangely enough, this is the first comment here. I'll be boringly informative and observe that Squid is also a kind of caching proxy.

    March 15, 2008

  • Squid in the news!

    My favorite part:

    "This sassy cephalopod takes no prisoners," she added.

    October 15, 2008

  • At last, the long-underrepresented giant aquatic invertebrate community has a TV presence!

    October 15, 2008

  • (S)uperconducting (Q)(U)antum (I)nterference (D)evice.

    October 17, 2008

  • Squidwear!

    March 16, 2009

  • "Squidhats are back! No buttons and no paint to comply with the new law. Textiles only."

    What's the law being referred to?

    March 16, 2009

  • 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!

    March 16, 2009

  • 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.

    March 16, 2009