ninja
IPA: nˈɪndʒʌ
noun
- (martial arts) A person trained in ninjutsu, especially (historical) one used for espionage, assassination, and other tasks requiring stealth during Japan's shogunate period.
- (figurative) A person considered similarly skillful to the historical ninja, especially in covert or stealthy operation.
- (figurative) A person considered to look like the historical ninja in some way, including (historical slang) an amateur private miner in Mongolia.
- (African-American Vernacular) Synonym of nigga as a friendly term of address.
- (Juggalo slang) Synonym of man as a friendly term of address.
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To act or move like a ninja, particularly with regard to a combination of speed, power, and stealth.
- (Internet slang) Synonym of preempt: to supersede and invalidate a response by posting immediately before it.
- (online gaming slang) To claim an item through abuse of game mechanics.
adjective
- Of or related to ninjas in their various senses.
- (finance) Initialism of no income, no job or assets, describing credit characteristics of a borrower, usually of a residential mortgage.
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Examples of "ninja" in Sentences
- The guitar is the ninja's trumpet.
- Espionage was the chief role of the ninja.
- A ninja and apprentice of Shing, a ninja master.
- If not then they are not an organisation of ninja.
- Naruto is a poor example of a ninja and ninja history.
- He is a ninja and is packed with an assortment of ninja weapons.
- The Ninja retreats into the tall grass and the Spartan loses him.
- A member of the Ninja Tribunal, Hisomi is the Ninja Master of Stealth.
- He then began studying the ways of the ninja under the tutelage of Tenkai.
- Here's a look at the legendary ninja facing down a mammoth boss in the game.
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