n.
1.a professional killer who uses a gun
2.a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments)
3.an explosive device that is set off in an oil well (or a gas well) to start or to increase the flow of oil (or gas)
4.a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper
5.a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it
6.armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target
7.any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges torpedo v.
1.attack or hit with torpedoes
Idiom of the Day
crux of the matter
the central issue of a matter
The crux of the matter is that we do not have enough money to go on a holiday.
