Shanghai

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To kidnap (a man) for compulsory service aboard a ship, especially after drugging him.
  • v. To induce or compel (someone) to do something, especially by fraud or force: We were shanghaied into buying worthless securities.
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  • v. To force or trick (someone) into joining a ship which is lacking a full crew.
  • v. To abduct or coerce.
  • v. To commandeer; appropriate; hijack
  • n. A slingshot.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To intoxicate and ship (a person) as a sailor while in this condition.
  • n. A large and tall breed of domestic fowl.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A very long-legged hen with feathered shanks, reputed to have been introduced from Shanghai, China.
  • n. Hence A tall person; especially, a tall dandy.
  • n. A long, slender oyster; a stick-up or stuck-up; a coon-heel, rabbit-ear, or razor-blade.
  • n. A kind of fish-hook.
  • Nautical, to render insensible, as a person, by drugs, liquor, or violence, and ship him on a vessel wanting hands, for the purpose of fraudulently securing advance-money and any premium offered for procuring seamen.
  • n. A boys' catapult.
  • To shoot with a shanghai. See shanghai, 5.
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  • v. take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship
  • n. the largest city of China; located in the east on the Pacific; one of the largest ports in the world
    • Verb Form
    shanghaied    shanghaiing    shanghais   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    nobble    kidnap    snatch    abduct    port   
    Variant
    shanghae   
    Form
    shanghaied    shanghaiing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abduct    press-gang   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ai    Alai    Ally    Bi    Bligh   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sherwinnuland    sgosug    stuffed-shirt    authentications    gefilte   
     
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