Random word

Get to know Squid better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like calamari or seafood. In Dutch this translates to inktvis.

Less frequent word

Squid in a sentence

Squid meaning

  1. Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles
  2. A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.
  3. A sailor in the Navy.

Synonyms of Squid

calamari calamary seafood decapod

Squid vertaling naar Nederlands

Using Squid

  • The main meaning on this page is: Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles | A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance fastened on its shank to imitate a squid. | A sailor in the Navy.
  • Useful related words include: calamari, calamary, seafood, decapod.
  • Possible Dutch translations are: inktvis.
  • In the example corpus, squid often appears in combinations such as: squid game, the squid, and squid.

Context around Squid

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 13 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Squid

  • In this selection, "squid" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, giant, humboldt, massive, game, two and appear stand out and add context to how "squid" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a giant squid for the and a giant squid or the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "squid" sits close to words such as abstraction, accomplice and ang, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with squid

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

After 3-5 hits, the Squid will fall. (8 words)

Squid Squid was an improvement on 'Hedgehog' introduced in late 1943. (11 words)

The situation with California squid, one of the smaller species of squid, is similar. (14 words)

As part of the process, hopefuls must record a 60-second video of themselves where they explain why they want to be on Squid Game: The Challenge, what their game plan would be and what they would do with a huge $4.56 million cash prize. (46 words)

Ultimately, "Squid Game" season 2 ends up feeling like it's trying to do one thing, and one thing only: get you excited for "Squid Game" season 3. And I guess on that front, it's successful — I want to see how this story ends. (45 words)

Even today I find myself returning from another encounter with the model of a giant squid or the narwhal diorama feeling something I now feel navigating Gilder’s grotto-galleries, squinting into the sun that pours through its transom and rose windows. (42 words)

Example sentences (20)

It was the Humboldt Squid, not the giant squid – the Humboldt is smaller than the giant but it’s still a massive squid, two meters long, and more impressive because it lives in packs of thousands.

Squid appear to have limited hearing. citation Size A frozen giant squid in Melbourne Aquarium seeAlso The majority are no more than convert long, although the giant squid may reach convert.

She impressed judges John and Gregg, plus guest judge, food critic Jay Rayner, with her first dish of tempura squid with black garlic and squid ink aioli.

Squid Game S2 Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun in Squid Game S2 Cr.

Ultimately, "Squid Game" season 2 ends up feeling like it's trying to do one thing, and one thing only: get you excited for "Squid Game" season 3. And I guess on that front, it's successful — I want to see how this story ends.

I might be talking about phytoplankton but then I’ll show squid eating them, and the whales eating the squid and the fish, and then we’re eating the fish.

In fact, the stomach of this animal contained almost exclusively beaks of squid, which Wild believes were magister armhook squid and have been seen in large quantities by fishermen in Lynn Canal.

The situation with California squid, one of the smaller species of squid, is similar.

Advertentie

Often, dolphin groups began dives looking for squid at a certain depth, but later turned their attention to larger shoals of squid at deeper depths.

Among the procellariids, the prions concentrate on small crustacea, the fulmarine petrels take fish and krill but little squid, while the Procellaria petrels consume mainly squid.

Ishmael digresses on pictures of whales, brit (microscopic sea creatures on which whales feed), squid and — after four boats lowered in vain because Daggoo mistook a giant squid for the white whale — whale-lines.

Squid Squid was an improvement on 'Hedgehog' introduced in late 1943.

After 3-5 hits, the Squid will fall.

After seven episodes of teasing him, finally unveiled the squid monster that’s been terrorizing the main characters since the series premiere.

Another explanation, though one I have not seen advanced, is that there is a slang usage of “squid” for “quid”, which means a pound of UK currency.

Apart from the MCU film, Seo-joon will also star in the upcoming Korean movies “Dream” with singer-actress IU and “Concrete Utopia” with “Squid Game” star Lee Byung-hun.

As part of the process, hopefuls must record a 60-second video of themselves where they explain why they want to be on Squid Game: The Challenge, what their game plan would be and what they would do with a huge $4.56 million cash prize.

But the popularity of shows like Squid Game could see American streaming services and networks lean more heavily on foreign content.

Even today I find myself returning from another encounter with the model of a giant squid or the narwhal diorama feeling something I now feel navigating Gilder’s grotto-galleries, squinting into the sun that pours through its transom and rose windows.

From the start, it's clear that this squid won't make things easy for the main characters and that they might wish that they have never boarded this boat in the first place.

Advertentie

Common combinations with squid

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "squid" in a sentence?
An example: "It was the Humboldt Squid, not the giant squid – the Humboldt is smaller than the giant but it’s still a massive squid, two meters long, and more impressive because it lives in packs of thousands." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "squid" from authentic English texts.
What does "squid" mean?
Squid means: Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles
What are synonyms of "squid"?
Common synonyms of "squid" include: calamari, calamary, seafood, decapod.
What is "squid" in Dutch?
"squid" translates to Dutch as: inktvis.
How many example sentences with "squid" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "squid", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.