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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the largest city of China; located in the east on the Pacific; one of the largest ports in the world;


VERB (1)

1. take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship;
- Example: "The men were shanghaied after being drugged"
[syn: shanghai, impress]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Shanghai \Shang`hai"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shanghaied; p. pr.
   & vb. n. Shanghaiing.]
   To intoxicate and ship (a person) as a sailor while in this
   condition. [Written also shanghae.] [Slang, U.S.]
   [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Shanghai \Shang`hai"\, n. (Zool.)
   A large and tall breed of domestic fowl.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Shanghai
    n 1: the largest city of China; located in the east on the
         Pacific; one of the largest ports in the world
    v 1: take (someone) against his will for compulsory service,
         especially on board a ship; "The men were shanghaied after
         being drugged" [syn: shanghai, impress]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

24 Moby Thesaurus words for "shanghai":
   abduce, abduct, blackjack, bludgeon, bulldoze, bully, carry away,
   carry off, coerce, crimp, dragoon, hijack, hold for ransom,
   impress, intimidate, kidnap, run away with, skyjack, snatch,
   spirit away, steamroller, strong-arm, throttle, use violence