torpedo
Nouns
- (n) a professional killer who uses a gun gun for hire, gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, hitman, hit man, triggerman, gun, shooter,
- (n) a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States Cuban sandwich, grinder, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine sandwich, zep, submarine, wedge, bomber, hero,
- (n) an explosive device that is set off in an oil well (or a gas well) to start or to increase the flow of oil (or gas)
- (n) a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface
- (n) a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it; the sound of the explosion warns the engineer of danger ahead
- (n) armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target
- (n) any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges crampfish, electric ray, numbfish,
Verbs
- (v) attack or hit with torpedoes