Shanghai
(noun) the largest city of China; located in the east on the Pacific; one of the largest ports in the world
shanghai, impress
(verb) take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship; “The men were shanghaied after being drugged”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
shanghai (third-person singular simple present shanghais, present participle shanghaiing, simple past and past participle shanghaied)
(transitive) To force or trick (someone) into joining a ship as part of the crew.
(transitive) To abduct or coerce.
(transitive, US) To trick (a person) into entering a jurisdiction where they can lawfully be arrested.
(transitive) To commandeer; appropriate; hijack
• (force or trick someone into joining a ship; abduct or coerce): press-gang
shanghai (plural shanghais)
(US, archaic) A tall dandy.
shanghai (plural shanghais)
(AU, NZ) A slingshot.
Shanghai
A direct-administered municipality, a major port city in eastern China, between Jiangsu and Zhejiang, comprising Shanghai proper and its suburbs.
• Paris of the East
• (districts) Huangpu, Jing'an, Xuhui, Minhang, Jiading, Changning, Putuo, Hongkou, Yangpu, Baoshan, Jinshan, Songjiang, Qingpu, Fengxian, Zhabei, Chongming
• (new area) Pudong
Shanghai (plural Shanghais)
A type of long-legged chicken believed to be of Asian origin.
Source: Wiktionary
Shang`hai", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shanghaied; p. pr. & vb. n. Shanghaiing.]
Definition: To intoxicate and ship (a person) as a sailor while in this condition. [Written also shanghae.] [Slang, U.S.]
Shang`hai", n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A large and tall breed of domestic fowl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
