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torpedo

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See also: Torpedo, torpédo, and torpedó

English

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a self-propelled explosive torpedo (2) in a museum
a spotted torpedo (1) fish (Torpedo marmorata)
a rail transport torpedo (7) on a railway line

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Noun

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torpedo (plural torpedoes or torpedos)

  1. (zoology) An electric ray of the genus Torpedo.
  2. (military) A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater and is used as a weapon. [from 1805]
    Synonyms: torp, fish
    • 1918, Edgar Rice Burrows, The Land that Time Forgot‎[2], HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2008:
      I stood rigid, spellbound, watching the white wake of the torpedo. It struck us on the starboard side almost amidships. The vessel rocked as though the sea beneath it had been uptorn by a mighty volcano.
    • 2019 September 18, Drachinifel, 25:58 from the start, in Battle of Tsushima - When the 2nd Pacific Squadron thought it couldn't get any worse...‎[3], archived from the original on 4 December 2022:
      Four Japanese torpedo boats launch an attack on the Suvorov. Despite burning steadily for several hours and now taking a torpedo to the stern, the ship still lashes out at its attackers with a few remaining guns. With no pressing need to continue the attack to closer range, the torpedo boats fall back, noting the position for a night attack if Suvorov survives that long.
    • 2020, Ted Bell, Dragonfire, New York, N.Y.: Berkley, published 2021, →ISBN, page 536:
      And if fate should turn her back on them, or turn away from them, leaving them to their own devices, and should they find themselves be sore afraid, then they would simply sail away to the other side of the world. They would ride like the wind. They would sail once more into the breach and damn the torpedos! God save the Queen! And the devil take the hindmost!
    1. (science fiction) A similar projectile that can travel through space.
  3. (Northeastern US) A submarine sandwich.
    Synonym: sub
  4. (archaic, military) A naval mine.
  5. (obsolete, military) An explosive device buried underground and set off remotely, to destroy fortifications, troops, or cavalry; a land torpedo.
  6. (slang) A professional gunman or assassin.
  7. (rail transport, US) A small explosive device attached to the top of the rail to provide an audible warning when a train passes over it.
    Synonym: (UK) detonator
  8. A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
  9. (historical) An automobile with a streamlined profile and a folding or detachable soft top, and having the hood or bonnet line raised to be level with the car's waistline, resulting in a straight beltline from front to back.
  10. (neuroscience) A focal ovoid swelling on the axons of Purkinje cells, observed in several diseases such as essential tremor and spinocerebellar ataxia.
    • 2016 November 2, Lovisa Ljungberg, Daneck Lang-Ouellette, Angela Yang, Sriram Jayabal, Sabrina Quilez, Alanna J. Watt, “Transient Developmental Purkinje Cell Axonal Torpedoes in Healthy and Ataxic Mouse Cerebellum”, in Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, volume 10, →DOI, article 248, page 1:
      In several human neurodegenerative diseases, focal axonal swellings on Purkinje cells – known as torpedoes – have been associated with Purkinje cell loss. Interestingly, torpedoes are also reported to appear transiently during development in rat cerebellum.
  11. (slang, chiefly US, usually in the plural) A woman's shoe with a pointed toe. [1910s]
  12. (slang, chiefly US, usually in the plural) A large breast; a breast with a large nipple. [from 1960s]
  13. (slang) A marijuana cigarette.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana cigarette
    1. A thick marijuana cigarette. [1940s]
    2. A cigarette containing marijuana and crack cocaine. [from 1980s]

Derived terms

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an electric ray of the genus Torpedo
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Verb

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torpedo (third-person singular simple present torpedoes or torpedos, present participle torpedoing, simple past and past participle torpedoed)

  1. (transitive) To strike (a ship) with one or more torpedoes.
  2. (transitive) To sink (a ship) with one or more torpedoes.
    • 2013 November, Tilman Dedering, “‘Avenge the Lusitania’: The Anti-German Riots in South Africa in 1915”, in Immigrants & Minorities, volume 31, number 3, →DOI, pages 256–288:
      The anti-German riots which erupted simultaneously in many countries in response to the torpedoing of the Lusitania by a German U-boat in 1915 reflected shifts in the status of minorities in multi-ethnic societies at a time of escalating nationalist emotions.
  3. (transitive, figurative) To undermine or destroy any endeavor with a powerful attack.
    • 2021 March 7, David Hytner, “Manchester United catch City cold as Fernandes and Shaw end winning run”, in The Guardian‎[4]:
      The left-back had been a selection concern because of an injury niggle but his first goal since last March swung this derby decisively in United’s favour, extending their club record unbeaten run away from home in the Premier League to 22 games and torpedoing City’s sequence of 21 straight wins in all competitions.
    • 2024 August 14, Aidan Jones, “Thai PM Srettha Thavisin dismissed from office by court”, in scmp.com‎[5]:
      The decision (5-4) by the nine-member bench has torpedoed Srettha’s troubled government, which has failed to gain support in parliament and among the Thai public.

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Etymology

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From English torpedo, borrowed from Latin torpēdō (“a torpedo fish; numbness, torpidity, electric ray”), from torpeō (“I am stiff, numb, torpid; I am astounded; I am inactive”) +‎ -ēdō (noun suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“stiff”).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: tor‧pe‧do

Noun

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torpedo

  1. (military) a torpedo; a cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater and is used as a weapon

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Latin torpēdō (“a torpedo fish”), from torpēdō (“numbness, torpidity, electric ray”), from torpeō (“I am stiff, numb, torpid; I am astounded; I am inactive”) and -dō (“noun suffix”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“stiff”), see also Old English steorfan (“to die”), Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós, “solid”), Lithuanian tirpstu (“to become rigid”), Old Church Slavonic трупети (trupeti).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tɔrˈpeː.doː/
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  • Hyphenation: tor‧pe‧do

Noun

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torpedo f or m (plural torpedo's, diminutive torpedootje n)

  1. a torpedo (projectile adapted for underwater use)
  2. (dated) a low-lying streamlined car

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Esperanto

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Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From English torpedo, Spanish torpedo, German Torpedo; all ultimately from Latin torpedo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /torˈpedo/
  • Rhymes: -edo
  • Hyphenation: tor‧pe‧do

Noun

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torpedo (accusative singular torpedon, plural torpedoj, accusative plural torpedojn)

  1. torpedo

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Finnish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From English torpedo, from Latin torpēdō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtorpe(ː)do/, [ˈt̪o̞rpe̞(ː)do̞]
  • Rhymes: -orpedo
  • Hyphenation(key): tor‧pe‧do

Noun

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torpedo

  1. torpedo (self-propelled cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater)
  2. (slang) criminal debt collector

Declension

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Inflection of torpedo (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation)
nominative torpedo torpedot
genitive torpedon torpedojen
torpedoiden
torpedoitten
partitive torpedoa torpedoja
torpedoita
illative torpedoon torpedoihin
singular plural
nominative torpedo torpedot
accusative nom. torpedo torpedot
gen. torpedon
genitive torpedon torpedojen
torpedoiden
torpedoitten
partitive torpedoa torpedoja
torpedoita
inessive torpedossa torpedoissa
elative torpedosta torpedoista
illative torpedoon torpedoihin
adessive torpedolla torpedoilla
ablative torpedolta torpedoilta
allative torpedolle torpedoille
essive torpedona torpedoina
translative torpedoksi torpedoiksi
abessive torpedotta torpedoitta
instructive — torpedoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of torpedo (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative torpedoni torpedoni
accusative nom. torpedoni torpedoni
gen. torpedoni
genitive torpedoni torpedojeni
torpedoideni
torpedoitteni
partitive torpedoani torpedojani
torpedoitani
inessive torpedossani torpedoissani
elative torpedostani torpedoistani
illative torpedooni torpedoihini
adessive torpedollani torpedoillani
ablative torpedoltani torpedoiltani
allative torpedolleni torpedoilleni
essive torpedonani torpedoinani
translative torpedokseni torpedoikseni
abessive torpedottani torpedoittani
instructive — —
comitative — torpedoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative torpedosi torpedosi
accusative nom. torpedosi torpedosi
gen. torpedosi
genitive torpedosi torpedojesi
torpedoidesi
torpedoittesi
partitive torpedoasi torpedojasi
torpedoitasi
inessive torpedossasi torpedoissasi
elative torpedostasi torpedoistasi
illative torpedoosi torpedoihisi
adessive torpedollasi torpedoillasi
ablative torpedoltasi torpedoiltasi
allative torpedollesi torpedoillesi
essive torpedonasi torpedoinasi
translative torpedoksesi torpedoiksesi
abessive torpedottasi torpedoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — torpedoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative torpedomme torpedomme
accusative nom. torpedomme torpedomme
gen. torpedomme
genitive torpedomme torpedojemme
torpedoidemme
torpedoittemme
partitive torpedoamme torpedojamme
torpedoitamme
inessive torpedossamme torpedoissamme
elative torpedostamme torpedoistamme
illative torpedoomme torpedoihimme
adessive torpedollamme torpedoillamme
ablative torpedoltamme torpedoiltamme
allative torpedollemme torpedoillemme
essive torpedonamme torpedoinamme
translative torpedoksemme torpedoiksemme
abessive torpedottamme torpedoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — torpedoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative torpedonne torpedonne
accusative nom. torpedonne torpedonne
gen. torpedonne
genitive torpedonne torpedojenne
torpedoidenne
torpedoittenne
partitive torpedoanne torpedojanne
torpedoitanne
inessive torpedossanne torpedoissanne
elative torpedostanne torpedoistanne
illative torpedoonne torpedoihinne
adessive torpedollanne torpedoillanne
ablative torpedoltanne torpedoiltanne
allative torpedollenne torpedoillenne
essive torpedonanne torpedoinanne
translative torpedoksenne torpedoiksenne
abessive torpedottanne torpedoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — torpedoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative torpedonsa torpedonsa
accusative nom. torpedonsa torpedonsa
gen. torpedonsa
genitive torpedonsa torpedojensa
torpedoidensa
torpedoittensa
partitive torpedoaan
torpedoansa 		torpedojaan
torpedoitaan
torpedojansa
torpedoitansa
inessive torpedossaan
torpedossansa 		torpedoissaan
torpedoissansa
elative torpedostaan
torpedostansa 		torpedoistaan
torpedoistansa
illative torpedoonsa torpedoihinsa
adessive torpedollaan
torpedollansa 		torpedoillaan
torpedoillansa
ablative torpedoltaan
torpedoltansa 		torpedoiltaan
torpedoiltansa
allative torpedolleen
torpedollensa 		torpedoilleen
torpedoillensa
essive torpedonaan
torpedonansa 		torpedoinaan
torpedoinansa
translative torpedokseen
torpedoksensa 		torpedoikseen
torpedoiksensa
abessive torpedottaan
torpedottansa 		torpedoittaan
torpedoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — torpedoineen
torpedoinensa

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Italian

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Noun

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torpedo f (invariable)

  1. tourer (motorcar)

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Latin

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Etymology

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torpeō (“I am stiff or numb”) +‎ -ēdō.

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torpēdō f (genitive torpēdinis); third declension

  1. lethargy, inertness, sluggishness
  2. torpedo fish

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative torpēdō torpēdinēs
genitive torpēdinis torpēdinum
dative torpēdinī torpēdinibus
accusative torpēdinem torpēdinēs
ablative torpēdine torpēdinibus
vocative torpēdō torpēdinēs

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  • English: torpedo
  • Italian: torpedo, torpedine
  • Portuguese: torpedo
  • Spanish: torpedo

References

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  • “torpedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “torpedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "torpedo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Latin torpedo, via English torpedo or German Torpedo.

Noun

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torpedo m (definite singular torpedoen, indefinite plural torpedoer, definite plural torpedoene)

  1. a torpedo

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Etymology

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From Latin torpedo, via English torpedo or German Torpedo.

Noun

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torpedo m (definite singular torpedoen, indefinite plural torpedoar, definite plural torpedoane)

  1. a torpedo

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin torpēdō. Compare torpor.

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  • Rhymes: -edu
  • Hyphenation: tor‧pe‧do

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torpedo m (plural torpedos)

  1. torpedo (explosive device with its own propulsion and direction, designed to produce explosions on ships)
  2. (ichthyology) electric ray, torpedo
  3. (Brazil, informal) billet-doux (note delivered by an intermediary, usually in a public place and with the intention of romantic conquest)
  4. (Brazil, informal) SMS (written message sent between mobile phones)

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Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /torpěːdo/
  • Hyphenation: tor‧pe‧do

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torpédo m (Cyrillic spelling торпе́до)

  1. torpedo

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Declension of torpedo
singular plural
nominative torpedo torpeda
genitive torpeda torpeda
dative torpedu torpedima
accusative torpedo torpeda
vocative torpedo torpeda
locative torpedu torpedima
instrumental torpedom torpedima

Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin torpēdō (“a torpedo fish”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /toɾˈpedo/ [t̪oɾˈpe.ð̞o]
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  • Rhymes: -edo
  • Syllabification: tor‧pe‧do

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torpedo m (plural torpedos)

  1. torpedo (fish)
    Synonyms: raya torpedo, raya negra, raya eléctrica
  2. torpedo (weapon)
  3. (Chile) cheat sheet
    Synonyms: acordeón, batería, machete
  4. (Chile) prompt, script

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