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torpedo [tur.pí.du.] : torpedo (n.)
[ Etymology: English: torpedo ]

Derivatives of torpedo


Glosses:
torpedo
n. (person)1. gun, gun for hire, gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, hit man, hitman, shooter, torpedo, triggermana professional killer who uses a gun.
~ liquidator, manslayer, murderera criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being).
n. (food)2. bomber, cuban sandwich, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zepa large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States.
~ sandwichtwo (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them.
n. (artifact)3. torpedoan explosive device that is set off in an oil well (or a gas well) to start or to increase the flow of oil (or gas).
~ explosive devicedevice that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy.
n. (artifact)4. torpedoa small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface.
~ firework, pyrotechnic(usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc..
n. (artifact)5. torpedoa small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it; the sound of the explosion warns the engineer of danger ahead.
~ explosive devicedevice that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy.
~ alarum, warning signal, alarm, alertan automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger.
n. (artifact)6. torpedoarmament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target.
~ aerial torpedoa torpedo designed to be launched from an airplane.
~ armamentweaponry used by military or naval force.
~ bangalore torpedoa metal pipe filled with explosive, used to detonate land mines or to clear a path through barbed wire.
~ homing torpedoa torpedo that is guided to its target (as by the sound of a ship's engines).
~ submarine torpedoa torpedo designed to be launched from a submarine.
n. (animal)7. crampfish, electric ray, numbfish, torpedoany sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges.
~ raycartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins.
~ family torpedinidae, torpedinidaeelectric rays.
v. (competition)8. torpedoattack or hit with torpedoes.
~ attack, assaillaunch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with.; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week"