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1.VerbTo force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest, particularly:
To press-gang sailors, especially for shipping or fishing work.
To trick a suspect into entering a jurisdiction in which they can be lawfully arrested.
To transfer a serviceman against their will.
2.VerbTo press-gang sailors, especially for shipping or fishing work.
3.VerbTo trick a suspect into entering a jurisdiction in which they can be lawfully arrested.
4.VerbTo transfer a serviceman against their will.
5.VerbTo commandeer, hijack, or otherwise (usually wrongfully) appropriate a place or thing."Let's see if we can shanghai a room for a couple of hours."
6.NounA breed of chicken with large bodies, long legs, and feathered shanks.
7.NounA kind of daub.
8.NounA tall dandy.
9.NounA kind of dart game in which players are gradually eliminated ("shanghaied"), usually either by failing to reach a certain score in 3 quick throws or during a competition to hit a certain prechosen number and then be the first to hit the prechosen numbers of the other players.
10.NounSynonym of slingshot.
11.VerbTo hit with a slingshot.