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- Dictionarytorpedo/tɔːˈpiːdəʊ/
noun
- 1. a cigar-shaped self-propelled underwater missile designed to be fired from a ship or submarine or dropped into the water from an aircraft and to explode on reaching a target.
- 2. an electric ray.
verb
- 1. attack or sink (a ship) with a torpedo or torpedoes: "the liner was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine"
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TORPEDO definition: 1. a long, thin bomb that travels underwater in order to destroy the ship at which it is aimed 2…. Learn more.
: a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as. a. : a submarine mine. b. : a thin cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile. 2. : a small firework that explodes when thrown against a hard object. 3. : electric ray. 4. : a professional gunman or assassin. 5. : submarine entry 2 sense 2. torpedo. 2 of 2.
Torpedo definition: a self-propelled, cigar-shaped missile containing explosives and often equipped with a homing device, launched from a submarine or other warship, for destroying surface vessels or other submarines.. See examples of TORPEDO used in a sentence.
torpedo. A torpedo is bomb that is shaped like a tube and that travels under water. If a ship is torpedoed, it is hit, and usually sunk, by a torpedo or torpedoes. If someone torpedoes negotiations or plans, they deliberately prevent them from being completed or from being successful.
A torpedo is a type of missile or bomb fired underwater. To torpedo is to attack with torpedoes. Torpedoes are cigar-shaped projectiles that are used to attack other submarines or boats. The word torpedo comes from the name of a kind of electric ray that numbs you with its sting (torpediniformes).
Sep 20, 2024 · Cognate with Old English steorfan (“to die”), Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós, “solid”), Lithuanian tirpstu (“to become rigid”), Old Church Slavonic трупети (trupeti). (type of car): From 1908, after "the Torpedo", a car designed by Captain Theo Masui.
Definition of torpedo noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
TORPEDO meaning: a long, thin bomb that is fired from a ship and moves under water to destroy another ship. Learn more.
1. A torpedo is bomb that is shaped like a tube and that travels under water. [...] 2. If a ship is torpedoed, it is hit, and usually sunk, by a torpedo or torpedoes. [...] 3. If someone torpedoes negotiations or plans, they deliberately prevent them from being completed or from being successful. [informal] [...] More.
Torpedo definition: A cigar-shaped, self-propelled underwater projectile launched from a submarine, aircraft, or ship and designed to detonate on contact with or in the vicinity of a target.
