shanghai
IPA: ʃˈæŋhˈaɪ
noun
- (often capitalized, dated) A breed of chicken with large bodies, long legs, and feathered shanks.
- (US, obsolete) A kind of daub.
- (US, obsolete) A tall dandy.
- (darts, often capitalized) A kind of dart game in which players are gradually eliminated ("shanghaied"), usually either by failing to reach a certain score in 3 quick throws or during a competition to hit a certain prechosen number and then be the first to hit the prechosen numbers of the other players.
- (Australia, New Zealand) Synonym of slingshot.
- A major port city and direct-administered municipality of China, the largest urban area in China.
- A major international port including the eastern coast of Shanghai Municipality and the northeastern islands of Zhejiang Province.
- Alternative letter-case form of shanghai in its various senses derived from the Chinese city.
verb
- (transitive) To force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest, particularly
- To press-gang sailors, especially (historical) for shipping or fishing work.
- (US law enforcement slang) To trick a suspect into entering a jurisdiction in which they can be lawfully arrested.
- (US military slang) To transfer a serviceman against their will.
- (transitive) To commandeer, hijack, or otherwise (usually wrongfully) appropriate a place or thing.
- (Australia, New Zealand) To hit with a slingshot.
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Examples of "shanghai" in Sentences
- The Fall of the Shanghai Commune.
- The Establishing of the Shanghai Commune.
- Featured in the Battle of Shanghai Cabbage.
- Haibao is the mascot of the Shanghai Expo 2010.
- 'shanghai' in hand, under the tree where Hardy sat.
- The pageant was held in the Chinese city of Shanghai.
- It described the salient points of the Battle of Shanghai.
- Nicolas Anelka in talks to sever ties with Shanghai Shenhua.
- Maybe Shanghai, Guangzhou or Lhasa will outpace the other regions.
- One of the local favourites in Shanghai is Shanghai crispy chicken.
- Shanghai Zoo is the main zoological garden in the Chinese city of Shanghai.
- "What are you doing with my cook? — lost yours and trying to shanghai him?"
- In he was assigned to the motor transport unit in shanghai, china, eventually becoming
- No one would "shanghai" a gentleman to crew some tramp ship; for one thing, what was the point?
- I had my wallet stolen from the Uighurs more than once in the subways (people square, shanghai).
- I am sure that any good-sized "shanghai" eats more every day than the meager half loaf that we had to maintain life upon.
- Link many of my friends have unlocked iphone. yet, we are in shanghai of china, not the usa. so, u know where the missing iphones go! — joe lee
- This machine resembled a large "shanghai" fixed to timber, one end of which rested on the parapet whilst the other -- in the trench -- was packed in a manner to give the required elevation.
- TANNET help foreign investors invest in shanghai, service includes WFOE registration in Shanghai, Shanghai representative office establishment in Shanghai, as well as some relevant service, such as work permit registration.
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