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How to pronounce “squid”
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Pronunciation guide for squid
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of squid with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The Rise and Fall of the Cephalopods
cuttlefish in Australia, reef squid in Bermuda,
- Definition summary
- Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce squid
The Rise and Fall of the Cephalopods
cuttlefish in Australia, reef squid in Bermuda,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “squid”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles
- A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.[1]
- (US, military, slang, mildly derogatory) A sailor in the Navy.
- (UK, slang, humorous, rare) A quid; one pound sterling.
- (inexact) A vampire squid.
- [Verb]
- (fishing) To fish with a squid fishhook.
- (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).
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