noun pl. squids or squid
any of a number of long, slender, carnivorous cephalopod sea mollusks (esp. order Teuthoidea) having eight arms and two long tentacles: small squid are used as food and for fish bait
Origin:
prob. < squit, dial. for squirt
intransitive verb squidded, squidding
- to take on an elongated squidlike shape due to strong air pressure: said of a parachute
- to fish for squid or with squid as bait