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squids

squids is the plural of squid.

squids is the present of squid.

Meaning of squid

Noun (1)

squid (plural squids or squid)

  1. Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles
  2. A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.
  3. (US, derogatory, mildly, slang) A sailor in the Navy.
  4. (UK, humorous, rare, slang) A quid; one pound sterling.
    • Can you lend me five squid? I feel like a bacon sarnie.
  5. (inexact) A vampire squid.

Noun (2)

squid (plural squids)

  1. (derogatory, slang) 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

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Noun capitalized: SQUIDs

SQUIDs

  1. (plural) plural of SQUID

Phrases with squids

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Questions about squids

What is squids the plural of?
Squids is the plural of squid.
What part of speech is squids?
Squids is a noun.

Words near squids in the dictionary

  1. squidlike
  2. squidling
  3. squidlings
  4. squidpop
  5. squidpops
  6. squids
  7. squier
  8. squiers
  9. Squierses
  10. squiese
  11. squiesed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: squids (page history and authors); SQUIDs (page history and authors); squid (page history and authors). 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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