squid

CEFRB1

/skwɪd/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A sea animal with a soft body and long arms.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.

Examples

  • Arroz negro tastes inky because it's made with squid ink.

  • A squid has ten arms.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A sailor in the Navy.

  2. Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles

  3. A vampire squid.

More examples

In context

  • A squid has ten legs.

  • Can you lend me five squid? I feel like a bacon sarnie.

  • "In my mind, a street squid is anyone who races on the street. Period."¹

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

A blank has ten different limbs: eight arms and two long tentacles.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Unknown. Perhaps a sailors' alteration of squirt.