torpedo

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An electric ray of the genus Torpedo.

   “Faire Queene, forbeare to angle for the fiſh, / Which being caught, ſtrikes him that takes it dead, / I meane that vile Torpedo, Gaueſton, / That now I hope flotes on the Iriſh Seas”

2. isim A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel quickly underwater and is used as a weapon.

   “I stood rigid, spellbound, watching the white wake of the torpedo. It struck us on the starboard side almost amidships. The vessel rocked as though the sea beneath it had been uptorn by a mighty volcano.”

3. isim A similar projectile that can travel through space.
4. isim A naval mine.
5. isim An explosive device buried underground, to destroy fortifications, troops, or cavalry.
6. isim Synonym of submarine sandwich.
7. isim A professional gunman or assassin.
8. isim A small explosive device attached to the top of the rail to provide an audible warning when a train passes over it.
9. isim A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
10. isim An automobile with a streamlined profile and a folding or detachable soft top, and having the hood or bonnet line raised to be level with the car's waistline, resulting in a straight beltline from front to back.
11. isim A focal ovoid swelling on the axons of Purkinje cells, observed in several diseases such as essential tremor and spinocerebellar ataxia.

    “In several human neurodegenerative diseases, focal axonal swellings on Purkinje cells – known as torpedoes – have been associated with Purkinje cell loss. Interestingly, torpedoes are also reported to appear transiently during development in rat cerebellum.”

12. isim A woman's shoe with a pointed toe.
13. isim A large breast; a breast with a large nipple.
14. isim A thick marijuana cigarette.
15. isim A cigarette containing marijuana and crack cocaine.
16. fiil To strike (a ship) with one or more torpedoes.
17. fiil To sink (a ship) with one or more torpedoes.

    “The anti-German riots which erupted simultaneously in many countries in response to the torpedoing of the Lusitania by a German U-boat in 1915 reflected shifts in the status of minorities in multi-ethnic societies at a time of escalating nationalist emotions.”

18. fiil To undermine or destroy any endeavor with a powerful attack.

    “The Toronto-based company[…] promised a certain fantasy, particularly aimed at men: a list of women ready and willing to have an affair; a secret good time outside the bounds of one’s partnership; self-proclaimed extensive security measures to prevent torpedoing one’s domestic life.”