Shanghai

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:15 ptsWWF:15 pts8 letters

Definition of Shanghai

transitive verb

To kidnap (a man) for compulsory service aboard a ship, especially after drugging him.
To induce or compel (someone) to do something, especially by fraud or force.
"We were shanghaied into buying worthless securities."

noun

Nautical, to render insensible, as a person, by drugs, liquor, or violence, and ship him on a vessel wanting hands, for the purpose of fraudulently securing advance-money and any premium offered for procuring seamen.
A very long-legged hen with feathered shanks, reputed to have been introduced from Shanghai, China.
Hence A tall person; especially, a tall dandy.

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