squid

noun

1. Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles
2. A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.
3. (US, derogatory, mildly, slang)A sailor in the Navy.
4. (UK, humorous, rare, slang)A quid; one pound sterling.

   “Can you lend me five squid? I feel like a bacon sarnie.”

   “Press the fifty squid button – "Insufficient funds". […] A thousandth of a million squid or two monkeys / Or a whole fifty scores”

5. A vampire squid.
6. (derogatory, slang)A motorcyclist, especially a sport biker, characterized by reckless riding and lack of protective gear.

   “"In my mind, a street squid is anyone who races on the street. Period."¹”

   “"squid: a cocky motorcyclist who darts very aggressively through traffic"²”

7. (uncountable)A South Korean children's game where players, divided into offense and defense, compete on a squid-shaped field; the offensive team tries to reach a designated area, and the defensive team attempts to block them.
8. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of superconducting quantum interference device, a sensor that uses certain quantum effects to detect small magnetic fields.

verb

1. To fish with a squid fishhook.
2. To cause squidding (an improper, partial, parachute inflation, that results in the sides of the parachute folding in on the center, and pulsating back and forth).