1. to kidnap (a man) for compulsory service aboard a ship, especially after drugging him.
2. to induce or compel (someone) to do something, especially by fraud or force: we were shanghaied into buying worthless securities.

1. to force or trick (someone) into joining a ship which is lacking a full crew.
2. to abduct or coerce.
3. to commandeer; appropriate; hijack
4. A slingshot.

1. A large and tall breed of domestic fowl.
2. to intoxicate and ship (a person) as a sailor while in this condition.

1. nautical, to render insensible, as a person, by drugs, liquor, or violence, and ship him on a vessel wanting hands, for the purpose of fraudulently securing advance-money and any premium offered for procuring seamen.
2. to shoot with a shanghai. see shanghai, 5.
3. A very long-legged hen with feathered shanks, reputed to have been introduced from shanghai, china.
4. hence A tall person; especially, a tall dandy.
5. A long, slender oyster; a stick-up or stuck-up; a coon-heel, rabbit-ear, or razor-blade.
6. A kind of fish-hook.
7. A boys' catapult.

1. take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship
2. the largest city of china; located in the east on the pacific; one of the largest ports in the world