squid
/skwɪd/
squid noun: any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles.
Noun (1)
squid (plural squids or squid)
- Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles
- A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.
- A sailor in the Navy.
- A quid; one pound sterling.
- Can you lend me five squid? I feel like a bacon sarnie.
- Press the fifty squid button – "Insufficient funds".
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- A vampire squid.
Verb
squid (third-person singular simple present squids, present participle squidding, simple past and past participle squidded)
Noun (2)
squid (plural squids)
- A motorcyclist, especially a sport biker, characterized by reckless riding and lack of protective gear.
- "In my mind, a street squid is anyone who races on the street. Period."¹
- "squid: a cocky motorcyclist who darts very aggressively through traffic"²
Noun (3)
squid (uncountable)
- A South Korean children's game where players, divided into offense and defense, compete on a squid-shaped field; the offensive team tries to reach a designated area, and the defensive team attempts to block them.
Noun (4) capitalized: SQUID
SQUID (plural SQUIDs)
- Acronym of superconducting quantum interference device, a sensor that uses certain quantum effects to detect small magnetic fields.
squid meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
squid in Hindi
- sea animal
- विद्रूप vidrūp, स्क्विड skviḍ
squid in Tamil
- sea animal
- கணவாய் kaṇavāy
squid in Marathi
- sea animal
- स्क्विड skviḍ
squid in Urdu
- sea animal
- سکویڈ skviḍ, قیر ماہی qīr-māhī
More languagesFewer languages
- squid in Bengali
- স্কুইড skuiḍ
- squid in Telugu
- స్క్విడ్ skviḍ
- squid in Malayalam
- കൂന്തൾ kūntaḷ
- squid in Kannada
- ಸ್ಕ್ವಿಡ್ skviḍ
- squid in Punjabi
- ਸਕਵਿਡ, ਸ੍ਕ੍ਵਿਡ, ਸਕੁਇਡ
- squid in Gujarati
- સ્ક્વિડ skviḍ
- squid in Odia
- ସ୍କ୍ୱିଡ୍, ସ୍କ୍ୱିଡ, ସ୍କୁଇଡ୍
- squid in Sinhala
- දැල්ලා dællā
- squid in Nepali
- स्क्विड skviḍ
- squid in Tagalog
- pusit
- squid in Arabic
- حَبَّار ḥabbār
- squid in Malay
- sotong
- squid in Indonesian
- cumi-cumi, nus, ikan sotong
- squid in Persian
- ماهی مرکب mâhi-ye morakkab, انکاس enkâs
- squid in Thai
- ปลาหมึก bplaa-mʉ̀k, หมึก mʉ̀k
- squid in Vietnamese
- mực ống
- squid in Myanmar
- ပြည်ကြီးငါး pranykri:nga:
Examples of squid in a sentence
- The giant squid is one of many denizens of the deep.
- Octopuses and squids are examples of animals that have blue blood.
- The squid wrapped its slithy tentacles around its prey.
Forms of squid
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | squids |
| plural | squid |
| plural | SQUIDs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | squids |
| present participle | squidding |
| past participle | squidded |
| past | squidded |
Origin of squid
Unknown. Perhaps a sailors' alteration of squirt.
Possibly a blend of stupid + quick; "stupid, quick, under-dressed and imminently dead", a claimed origin, is probably a backronym.
Calque of Korean 오징어 (ojing'eo).
Words formed from squid
- nanoSQUID
- arctic squid
- Argentine shortfin squid
- arrow squid
- Atlantic brief squid
- Atlantic squid
- banded piglet squid
- bigfin reef squid
- bigfin squid
- bird squid
- bobtail squid
- bottletail squid
- broad squid
- bush-club squid
- Caribbean reef squid
- cockatoo squid
- colossal squid
- common squid
- damp squid
- Dana octopus squid
- dumpling squid
- European squid
- firefly squid
- fire squid
- flying squid
- giant squid
- giant warty squid
- glacial squid
- glass squid
- Gould's squid
- Grimaldi scaled squid
- Hawaiian bobtail squid
- hooked squid
- hook squid
- Humboldt squid
- Japanese flying squid
- Japanese common squid
- jewel squid
- Joubin's squid
- jumbo flying squid
- jumbo squid
- little post horn squid
- long-armed squid
- longarm octopus squid
- longfin inshore squid
- neon flying squid
- New Zealand arrow squid
- oval squid
- Pacific flying squid
- pencil squid
- pygmy squid
- ram's horn squid
- red flying squid
- red squid
- reef squid
- rhomboid squid
- robust clubhook squid
- sharpear enope squid
- slender inshore squid
- sparkling enope squid
Phrases with squid
Words that rhyme with squid
Questions about squid
- What does squid mean?
- Squid means any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles.
- What is squid in Hindi?
- Squid in Hindi is विद्रूप (vidrūp), स्क्विड (skviḍ). See Squid meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is squid?
- Squid can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce squid?
- Squid is pronounced /skwɪd/.
- What is the plural of squid?
- The plural of squid is squids.
Words near squid in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: squid (page history and authors); SQUID (page history and authors); squid (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); squid (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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