(Australia, New Zealand) To hit with a slingshot.

To press-gang sailors, especially (historical) for shipping or fishing work. / (US law enforcement slang) To trick a suspect into entering a jurisdiction in which they can be lawfully arrested.

(often capitalized, dated) A breed of chicken with large bodies, long legs, and feathered shanks. / (US, obsolete) A kind of daub. / (US, obsolete) A tall dandy.

The largest city of the People's Republic of China, organized as a directly administered municipality comprising Shanghai proper and its suburbs.

Alternative letter-case form of shanghai in its various senses derived from the Chinese city.

(Australia, New Zealand) Synonym of slingshot.

simple past tense and past participle of shanghai

The act of one who shanghais; a press-ganging or abduction.

present participle of shanghai

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shanghai