squid

IPA: skwˈɪd

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, military, slang, mildly derogatory) A sailor in the Navy.
(UK, slang, humorous, rare) A quid; one pound sterling.
(slang, motorcycling, derogatory) A motorcyclist, especially a sport biker, characterized by reckless riding and lack of protective gear.
Acronym of superconducting quantum interference device, a sensor that uses certain quantum effects to detect small magnetic fields.

(fishing) To fish with the kind of hook called a squid.
(parachuting) To cause squidding (an improper, partial, parachute inflation, that results in the sides of the parachute folding in on the center, and pulsating back and forth).

Examples of "squid" in Sentences

To some, that squid is simply a bizarre natural phenomenon.
Next time we do meat and not fish; getting four whole squid is intimidating!
The giant squid is an "eat the crew, ask questions later" kind of cephalopod
So if the squid is associated with females and vaginae, and Doctor Manhattan is associated with penises,
Place pan in oven to cook for 5 minutes until shrimps become pink and squid is slightly brown at the edge.
"Rapid changes of intracellular free calcium concentration: detection by metallochromic indicator dyes in squid giant axon," Biophys.
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 ...
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.