Definitions from Wiktionary (Shanghai)
▸ verb: (transitive) To force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest, particularly
▸ verb: To press-gang sailors, especially (historical) for shipping or fishing work.
▸ verb: (US law enforcement slang) To trick a suspect into entering a jurisdiction in which they can be lawfully arrested.
▸ verb: (US military slang) To transfer a serviceman against their will.
▸ verb: (transitive) To commandeer, hijack, or otherwise (usually wrongfully) appropriate a place or thing.
▸ noun: (often capitalized, dated) A breed of chicken with large bodies, long legs, and feathered shanks.
▸ noun: (US, obsolete) A kind of daub.
▸ noun: (US, obsolete) A tall dandy.
▸ noun: (darts, often capitalized) A kind of dart game in which players are gradually eliminated ("shanghaied"), usually either by failing to reach a certain score in 3 quick throws or during a competition to hit a certain prechosen number and then be the first to hit the prechosen numbers of the other players.
▸ noun: (Australia, New Zealand) Synonym of slingshot.
▸ verb: (Australia, New Zealand) To hit with a slingshot.
▸ noun: A major port city and direct-administered municipality of China, the largest urban area in China.
▸ noun: A major international port including the eastern coast of Shanghai Municipality and the northeastern islands of Zhejiang Province.
▸ noun: Alternative letter-case form of shanghai in its various senses derived from the Chinese city.
shanghai municipality,
shanghai dialect,
Shanghai Stock Exchange,
shanghai china,
Shanghai French Concession,
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▸ verb: (transitive) To force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest, particularly
▸ verb: To press-gang sailors, especially (historical) for shipping or fishing work.
▸ verb: (US law enforcement slang) To trick a suspect into entering a jurisdiction in which they can be lawfully arrested.
▸ verb: (US military slang) To transfer a serviceman against their will.
▸ verb: (transitive) To commandeer, hijack, or otherwise (usually wrongfully) appropriate a place or thing.
▸ noun: (often capitalized, dated) A breed of chicken with large bodies, long legs, and feathered shanks.
▸ noun: (US, obsolete) A kind of daub.
▸ noun: (US, obsolete) A tall dandy.
▸ noun: (darts, often capitalized) A kind of dart game in which players are gradually eliminated ("shanghaied"), usually either by failing to reach a certain score in 3 quick throws or during a competition to hit a certain prechosen number and then be the first to hit the prechosen numbers of the other players.
▸ noun: (Australia, New Zealand) Synonym of slingshot.
▸ verb: (Australia, New Zealand) To hit with a slingshot.
▸ noun: A major port city and direct-administered municipality of China, the largest urban area in China.
▸ noun: A major international port including the eastern coast of Shanghai Municipality and the northeastern islands of Zhejiang Province.
▸ noun: Alternative letter-case form of shanghai in its various senses derived from the Chinese city.
Similar:
impress,
Shanghae,
coerce,
twist someone's arm,
press-gang,
sell,
put up to,
impose,
rope into,
shaft,
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old,
modern,
nanking,
occupied,
central,
urban,
kong,
metropolitan,
century,
contemporary,
cosmopolitan
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