Usually means: Marine animal with ten tentacles.
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We found 44 dictionaries that define the word squid:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. squid: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. SQUID, squid: Merriam-Webster
  3. SQUID, squid: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. SQUID, squid: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. squid: Collins English Dictionary
  6. squid: Vocabulary.com
  7. Squid, squid: Wordnik
  8. squid: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. SQUID, squid: Wiktionary
  10. squid: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. squid: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. squid: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. SQUID: Dictionary.com
  14. squid: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. squid: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. SQUID, Squid (DC Comics), Squid (Marvel Comics), Squid (disambiguation), Squid (food), Squid (software), Squid (weapon), Squid: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Squid: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. squid: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. squid: Rhymezone
  20. Squid: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. SQUID: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. squid: FreeDictionary.org
  23. squid: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. SQUID: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. squid: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Epicurus.com Spanish Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Epicurus.com Food Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  2. squid: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. SQUID: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. SQUID: Acronym Finder
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SQUID: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. squid, squid: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. squid: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. The Squid: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. 2060 Shadow-Slang (No longer online)

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. BBC Food Glossary (No longer online)
  3. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See squidded as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles
noun:  A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.
noun:  (US, military, slang, mildly derogatory) A sailor in the Navy.
noun:  (UK, slang, humorous, rare) A quid; one pound sterling.
noun:  A vampire squid.
verb:  (fishing) To fish with a squid fishhook.
verb:  (parachuting) To cause squidding (an improper, partial, parachute inflation, that results in the sides of the parachute folding in on the center, and pulsating back and forth).
noun:  (slang, motorcycling, derogatory) A motorcyclist, especially a sport biker, characterized by reckless riding and lack of protective gear.
noun:  Acronym of superconducting quantum interference device, a sensor that uses certain quantum effects to detect small magnetic fields.

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