torpedo
IPA: tɔrpˈidoʊ
noun
- (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.
verb
- To strike (a ship) with one or more torpedoes.
- To sink (a ship) with one or more torpedoes.
- (figurative) To undermine or destroy any endeavor with a powerful attack.
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Examples of "torpedo" in Sentences
- See torpedo for a list of torpedo sizes.
- Two quintuple torpedo tubes were also fitted.
- The concerns focused on the battery that powered the torpedoes.
- Damage from the torpedo caused the ship to veer out of control.
- The Chameleon disguised himself as the Torpedo and battled Daredevil.
- The ship took in approximately of water, but the torpedo bulkhead held.
- The Bristol Brigand was a development of the Beaufighter for torpedo work.
- He is best known for the development of the pneumatic dynamite torpedo gun.
- Early reports of torpedo action included some dud hits, heard as a dull clang.
- A simple lever in the cockpit irreversibly started the torpedo and released it.
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