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- Dictionaryshanghai/ˌʃaŋˈhʌɪ/
noun
- 1. a catapult.
verb
- 1. shoot with a catapult: "in spite of his shanghaiing all the cats, the rodents were still on top"
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Shanghai definition: 1. a large city in the eastern part of China: 2. to force someone to do something or go somewhere…. Learn more.
Shanghai is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowing through it.
Definition of shanghai verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
shanghai. noun [ C ] Australian English us / ˌʃæŋˈhaɪ / / ˈʃæŋ.haɪ / uk / ˌʃæŋˈhaɪ / / ˈʃæŋ.haɪ / (UK catapult, US slingshot) a Y-shaped stick or piece of metal with a piece of elastic (= material that stretches) attached to the top parts, used especially by children for shooting small stones.
verb. shang· hai ˈshaŋ-ˌhī shaŋ-ˈhī. shanghaied; shanghaiing. Synonyms of shanghai. transitive verb. 1. a. : to put aboard a ship by force often with the help of liquor or a drug. b. : to put by force or threat of force into or as if into a place of detention. 2. : to put by trickery into an undesirable position. shanghaier. shaŋ-ˈhī (-ə)r.
/ʃeɪŋˈhaɪ/ IPA guide. Other forms: shanghaied; shanghaiing; shanghais. To shanghai someone is to kidnap or trick them into working for you. The traditional way to shanghai someone is to drug him and put him on a ship. When the person wakes up, he better get to work. This term popped up in the 19th century.
noun. a port in E China, capital of Shanghai municipality (traditionally in SE Jiangsu) near the estuary of the Yangtze: the largest city in China and one of the largest ports in the world; a major cultural and industrial centre, with many universities. Pop: 12 665 000 (2005 est) Shanghai.
Jul 18, 2024 · Shanghai, city and province-level shi (municipality), east-central China. It is one of the world’s largest seaports and a major industrial and commercial centre of China. The city is located on the coast of the East China Sea between the mouth of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) to the north and the
To shanghai is (1) to kidnap someone for service as a sailor, especially by drugging them or using force; (2) to use fraud compel someone to do something; or (3) to kidnap. Inflected, the verb makes shanghaied and shanghaiing. The s is uncapitalized.
SHANGHAI meaning: 1 : to bring (someone) onto a ship by force; 2 : to make (someone) do something by using force or tricks usually + into.
