Any 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
English: electric ray, crampfish, numbfish, torpedo
torpedoEnglish
torpedo, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, bomber, crampfish
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#16,996 of the corpus · 2.8 per million words · 11,938 occurrences
Noun
A 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
English: bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep
A professional killer who uses a gun
English: gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, gun, gun for hire, triggerman, hit man, hitman, torpedo, shooter
Bahasa: perompak
4 more noun senses
An 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)
English: torpedo
A small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper, explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface
English: torpedo
A 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
English: torpedo
Armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target
English: torpedo
Verb
Attack or hit with torpedoes
English: torpedo
Bahasa: menembak