Definitions of torpedo [ɔrˈpi doʊ]

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Definition of 'torpedo'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) torpedo
a self-propelled underwater missile containing a high explosive and often a guidance system, usu. launched from a submarine or other warship against surface vessels.

2.  torpedo
any of various submarine explosive devices for destroying hostile ships, as a mine.

3.  torpedo
any of various other explosive devices, as a firework that consists of an explosive wrapped up with gravel in a piece of tissue paper and that detonates when thrown against a hard surface.

4.  torpedo
any electric ray, esp. Torpedo nobiliana, of the Atlantic Ocean.

5.  torpedo
a hero sandwich.

6.  torpedo
Slang. a gangster hired as a murderer.

7. (v.t.) torpedo
to attack, hit, damage, or destroy with or as if with torpedoes.

Etymology: (1510–20; < L torpēdō numbness, torpidity, electric ray =torpē(re) to be stiff (cf. torpid ) +-dō n. suffix)

Definition of 'torpedo'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, gun, gun for hire, triggerman, hit man, hitman, torpedo, shooter
a professional killer who uses a gun

2. (noun) bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep
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

3. (noun) torpedo
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)

4. (noun) torpedo
a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface

5. (noun) torpedo
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

6. (noun) torpedo
armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target

7. (verb) electric ray, crampfish, numbfish, torpedo
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

8. (verb) torpedo
attack or hit with torpedoes

Definition of 'torpedo'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) torpedo
any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical shocks. Called also crampfish, and numbfish. See Electrical fish, under Electrical

2. (noun) torpedo
an engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them up

3. (noun) torpedo
a quantity of explosives anchored in a channel, beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so arranged that they will be exploded when touched by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is closed by an operator on shore

4. (noun) torpedo
a kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive charge, and projected from a ship against another ship at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise automatic in its action against a distant ship

5. (noun) torpedo
a kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be exploded by electricity or by stepping on it

6. (noun) torpedo
a kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive wheels, -- used as an alarm signal

7. (noun) torpedo
an explosive cartridge or shell lowered or dropped into a bored oil well, and there exploded, to clear the well of obstructions or to open communication with a source of supply of oil

8. (noun) torpedo
a kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object

9. (verb) torpedo
to destroy by, or subject to the action of, a torpedo

Definition of 'torpedo'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. torpedo
A genus of the Torpedinidae family consisting of several species. Members of this family have powerful electric organs and are commonly called electric rays.

Translation of 'torpedo'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: an underwater missile fired at ships an enemy torpedo.
Afrikaans: torpedo	Arabic: طُربيد: صاروخ تَحت مائي ل	Bulgarian: торпедо
Brazilian: torpedo	Czech: torpédo	German: der Torpedo
Danish: torpedo	Greek: τορπίλη	Spanish: torpedo
Estonian: torpeedo	Farsi: اژدر؛ موشک زیر آبی	Finnish: torpedo
French: torpille	Hebrew: טוֹרפִּידוֹ	Hindi: जहाज तोड़ने का गोला
Croatian: torpedo	Hungarian: torpedó	Indonesian: torpedo
Icelandic: tundurskeyti	Italian: torpedine, siluro	Japanese: 魚雷
Korean: 어뢰	Lithuanian: torpeda	Latvian: torpēda
Malay: torpedo	Dutch: torpedo	Norwegian: torpedo
Polish: torpeda	Persian: اژدر؛ موشک زیر آبی	Pashto: ټارپيډو، ډوب ماكو، شتۍ
Portuguese: torpedo	Romanian: torpilă	Russian: торпеда
Slovak: torpédo	Slovenian: torpedo	Serbian: torpedo
Swedish: torped	Thai: ขีปนาวุธติดวัตถุระเบิดที่	Turkish: torpido
Taiwanese: 魚雷	Ukrainian: торпеда	Urdu: زير آب مار کرنے والا ميز
Vietnamese: ngư lôi	Chinese: 鱼雷
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