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Definition torpedo

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin torp?d? (“a torpedo fish; numbness, torpidity, electric ray”), from torpe? (“I am stiff, numb, torpid; I am astounded; I am inactive”) +‎ -?d? (noun suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *ster (“stiff”).

Cognate with Old English steorfan (“to die”), Ancient Greek ??????? (stereós, “solid”), Lithuanian tirpstu (“to become rigid”), Old Church Slavonic ??????? (trupeti).

Noun

torpedo (plural torpedoes or torpedos)

1. (military) A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater and is used as a weapon.
2. A fish having wings that generate electric current, a kind of electric ray.
3. (regional) A submarine sandwich.
4. (archaic, military) A naval mine.
5. (obsolete, military) An explosive device buried underground and set off remotely, to destroy fortifications, troops, or cavalry; a land torpedo.
6. (slang) A professional gunman or assassin.
7. (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.
8. A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
9. An automobile with a torpedo body.
10. (slang, chiefly US, usually in the plural) a woman's shoe with a pointed toe [1910s]
11. (slang, chiefly US, usually in the plural) a large breast; breast with a large nipple [from 1960s]
12. (slang) a marijuana cigarette
    1. a thick marijuana cigarette [1940s]
    2. a cigarette containing marijuana and crack cocaine [from 1980s]

Verb

torpedo (third-person singular simple present torpedoes, present participle torpedoing, simple past and past participle torpedoed)

1. To send a torpedo, usually from a submarine, that explodes below the waterline of the target ship.
2. To sink a ship with one of more torpedoes.
3. To undermine or destroy any endeavor with a stealthy, powerful attack.

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