Definitions for torpedo

Overview of noun torpedo

The noun torpedo has 7 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, gun, gun for hire, triggerman, hit man, hitman, torpedo, shooter

(a professional killer who uses a gun)

2. bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep

(a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States)

3. torpedo

(an explosive device that is set off in an oil well (or a gas well) to start or to increase the flow of oil (or gas))

4. torpedo

(a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface)

5. torpedo

(a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it; the sound of the explosion warns the engineer of danger ahead)

6. torpedo

(armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target)

7. electric ray, crampfish, numbfish, torpedo

(any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges)

Overview of verb torpedo

The verb torpedo has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. torpedo

(attack or hit with torpedoes)