torpedo
An electric ray of the genus Torpedo.
Other meanings
A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel quickly underwater and is used as a weapon.
A similar projectile that can travel through space.
A kind of
- ray
Related words
- common torpedo
- Bangalore torpedo
- land torpedo
- spar torpedo
- torp
- torpedo boat
- antitorpedo
- narcotorpedo
- strawpedo
- supertorpedo
- torpedinoid
- torpedoist
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "torpēdō" (a torpedo fish; numbness, torpidity, electric ray).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “torpedo” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.