shanghai1
/
ʃaŋˈhʌɪ/
v.
(shanghais, shanghaiing, shanghaied)
- historical force to join a ship's crew by underhand means.
- informal coerce or trick into a place or action.
Etymology
C19: from Shanghai, a major Chinese seaport.
shanghai2
/
ʃaŋˈhʌɪ/
n.
(pl. shanghais)
a catapult.
v.
(shanghais, shanghaiing, shanghaied)
shoot with or as with a catapult.
Etymology
C19: prob. an alt. of Scots dial. shangan ‘a stick cleft at one end’.
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