torpedo

IPA: tɔrpˈidoʊ

(zoology) An electric ray of the genus Torpedo.
(military) A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater and is used as a weapon.
(science fiction) A similar projectile that can travel through space.
(Northeastern US) A submarine sandwich.
(archaic, military) A naval mine.
(obsolete, military) An explosive device buried underground and set off remotely, to destroy fortifications, troops, or cavalry; a land torpedo.
(slang) A professional gunman or assassin.
(rail transport, US) A small explosive device attached to the top of the rail to provide an audible warning when a train passes over it.
A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
(historical) An automobile with a streamlined profile and a folding or detachable soft top, and having the hood or bonnet line raised to be level with the car's waistline, resulting in a straight beltline from front to back.
(neuroscience) A focal ovoid swelling on the axons of Purkinje cells, observed in several diseases such as essential tremor and spinocerebellar ataxia.
(slang, chiefly US, usually in the plural) A woman's shoe with a pointed toe.
(slang, chiefly US, usually in the plural) A large breast; a breast with a large nipple.
(slang) A marijuana cigarette.
A thick marijuana cigarette.
A cigarette containing marijuana and crack cocaine.

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