ninja
(noun) a class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations
ninja
(noun) a member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations; a person skilled in ninjutsu
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ninja (plural ninja or ninjas)
(martial arts) A person trained in ninjutsu, especially (historical) one used for espionage, assassination, and other tasks requiring stealth during Japan's shogunate period.
(figurative) A person considered similarly skillful to the historical ninja, especially in covert or stealthy operation.
(figurative) A person considered to look like the historical ninja in some way, including (Mongolia, historical slang) amateur private miners.
(Juggalo slang) synonym of man as a friendly term of address.
• (person trained in ninjutsu): shinobi, assassin, spy
• (figurative covert agent): killer, spy, superspy, magician, secret agent
• (person trained in ninjutsu): kunoichi
ninja (not comparable)
Of or related to ninjas in their various senses.
ninja (third-person singular simple present ninjas, present participle ninjaing, simple past and past participle ninja'd or ninjaed)
(ambitransitive) To act or move like a ninja, particularly with regard to a combination of speed, power, and stealth.
(Internet, slang) synonym of preempt: to supersede and invalidate a response by posting immediately before it.
(online gaming slang) To claim an item through abuse of game mechanics.
• Jinan
NINJA (not comparable)
(finance) Initialism of no income, no job or assets, describing credit characteristics of a borrower, usually of a residential mortgage.
• Jinan
Source: Wiktionary
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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