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   shanghai

   /ˌʃaŋˈhʌɪ/

   noun

   • 1. a catapult.

   verb

   • 1. shoot with a catapult: "in spite of his shanghaiing all the cats, the rodents were still on top"
   • ▪ catapult in a particular direction: "the springy, resilient saplings would shanghai him backwards"

   Word Origin mid 19th century: probably an alteration of Scots dialect shangan ‘a stick cleft at one end’.

   Scrabble Points: 15

   • S

     1

   • H

     4

   • A

     1

   • N

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   • G

     2

   • H

     4

   • A

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   • I

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