Shanghai
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Shanghai![]() ![]() Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Shanghai \Shang`hai"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shanghaied; p. pr. & vb. n. Shanghaiing.] To intoxicate and ship (a person) as a sailor while in this condition. [Written also shanghae.] [Slang, U.S.] [1913 Webster] Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Shanghai \Shang`hai"\, n. (Zool.) A large and tall breed of domestic fowl. [1913 Webster] Source: WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Shanghai
n 1: the largest city of China; located in the east on the
Pacific; one of the largest ports in the world
v 1: take (someone) against his will for compulsory service,
especially on board a ship; "The men were shanghaied after
being drugged" [syn: shanghai, impress]
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 24 Moby Thesaurus words for "shanghai": abduce, abduct, blackjack, bludgeon, bulldoze, bully, carry away, carry off, coerce, crimp, dragoon, hijack, hold for ransom, impress, intimidate, kidnap, run away with, skyjack, snatch, spirit away, steamroller, strong-arm, throttle, use violence Matching Word(s) shanghae
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