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crackers | shanghai |

As a noun crackers

is .

As an adjective crackers

is crazy, insane.

As a verb crackers

is (cracker).

As a proper noun shanghai is

shanghai.

crackers

English

Noun

(head)
  • (South Africa, only plural) A kind of noisy leather pants or trousers.
  • *1849 , E.E. Napier, Excursions in Southern Africa , Vol. II, p. 13:
  • *:Sheepskin trousers—which, from the sound they make at every movement of the wearer, are called ‘crackers ’.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Crazy, insane.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (head)
  • (cracker)
  • shanghai

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) , with reference to the former practice of forcibly crewing ships heading for the Orient.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To force or trick (someone) into joining a ship which is lacking a full crew.
  • * 1999 June 24, ‘The Resurrection of Tom Waits’, in Rolling Stone'', quoted in ''Innocent When You Dream , Orion (2006), page 256,
  • It was the strangest galley: the sounds, the steam, he's screaming at his coworkers. I felt like I'd been shanghaied .
  • To abduct or coerce.
  • * 1974 September 30, ‘ Final Report on the Activities of the Children of God',
  • Oftentimes the approach is to shanghai an unsuspecting victim.
  • To commandeer; appropriate; hijack
  • Let's see if we can shanghai a room for a couple of hours.
    Synonyms
    * press-gang

    Etymology 2

    From Scottish (m), from (etyl) (m), influenced by the Chinese city.Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English, by Eric Partridge, 2006, p. 613

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A slingshot.
  • *1985 , (Peter Carey), Illywhacker , Faber and Faber 2003, p. 206:
  • *:They scrounged around the camp […] and held out their filthy wings to the feeble sun, making themselves an easy target for Charles's shanghai .
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