submarine

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Related terms 1.4.3 Translations 1.5 Verb

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From sub- and marine.

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːn

[edit] Adjective

submarine (not comparable)

1. Under water.
2. Of something hidden or undisclosed, e.g. submarine patent.

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[edit] Noun

submarine (plural submarines)

1. A boat that can go underwater.
2. A kind of sandwich made in a long loaf of bread.
3. (baseball) Pitch delivered with an underhand motion.

[edit] Synonyms

• (boat): U-boat
• (sandwich): grinder, hero, hoagie, hoagy, poor boy, po' boy, sub, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge

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• submariner

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[edit] Verb

to submarine (third-person singular simple present submarines, present participle submarining, simple past and past participle submarined)

1. To operate or serve on a submarine
2. To torpedo; to destroy with a sudden sneak attack
   • 2007 April 13, The Associated Press, “Shares Up as Investors Ponder Retail Data”, New York Times:

     “We’re really at the point of chicken, where the Fed is trying to ward off inflation without submarining the economy.”