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• torpedo — n. & v. n. (pl. oes) 1 a a cigar shaped self propelled underwater missile that explodes on impact with a ship. b (in full aerial torpedo) a similar device dropped from an aircraft. 2 Zool. an electric ray. 3 US an explosive device or firework.… …   Useful english dictionary

• torpedo — noun (plural torpedoes) 1》 a cigar shaped self propelled underwater missile designed to be fired from a ship, submarine, or an aircraft and to explode on reaching a target. 2》 US a railway fog signal. 3》 US a firework exploding on impact with a… …   English new terms dictionary

• torpedo punt — /tɔˈpidoʊ pʌnt/ (say taw peedoh punt) noun NSW, Victoria a punt kick executed to impart a torpedo like, lateral spin to a football. Also, Qld, spiral punt; SA, screwy …  

• torpedo body — An early type of touring car with a streamlined torpedo like body …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• Torpedo Rīga — was a football club that played in Riga. The club played in the Latvian league with good success from 1979 to 2000 when it merged with Policijas FK.HistoryAs Torpedo RīgaTorpedo Rīga was a football club which was supported by the union of Latvian …   Wikipedia

• torpedo-boat destroyer — [tôr pē′dō bōt΄] n. a former warship like a torpedo boat but larger and more heavily armed, originally designed to destroy torpedo boats …   English World dictionary

• Torpedo Juice (novel) — Torpedo Juice is Tim Dorsey s seventh novel, published in 2005. As with Dorsey s previous works, the main character is amateur Florida historian and serial killer Serge A. Storms.Plot summaryThe book takes place mainly in the Florida Keys, where… …   Wikipedia

• Torpedo — The modern torpedo (historically called an automotive, automobile, locomotive, or fish torpedo) is a self propelled explosive projectile weapon, launched above or below the water surface, propelled underwater toward a target, and designed to… …   Wikipedia

• Torpedo ram — A torpedo ram is a type of torpedo boat combining a ram with torpedo tubes. Incorporating design elements from the cruiser and the monitor, it was intended to provide small and inexpensive weapon systems for coastal defence and other littoral… …   Wikipedia

• Torpedo Data Computer — The Torpedo Data Computer (TDC) was an early electromechanical analog computer used for torpedo fire control on American submarines during World War II (see Figure 1). Britain, Germany, and Japan also developed automated torpedo fire control… …   Wikipedia

• torpedo — torpedolike, adj. /tawr pee doh/, n., pl. torpedoes, v., torpedoed, torpedoing. n. 1. a self propelled, cigar shaped missile containing explosives and often equipped with a homing device, launched from a submarine or other warship, for destroying …   Universalium