torpedo
n 1: a professional killer who uses a gun [syn: {gunman}, {gunslinger},
{hired gun}, {gun}, {hit man}, {shooter}]
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); different names are used in
different sections of the United States [syn: {bomber}, {grinder},
{hero}, {hero sandwich}, {hoagie}, {hoagy}, {Cuban
sandwich}, {Italian sandwich}, {poor boy}, {sub}, {submarine},
{submarine sandwich}, {wedge}, {zep}]
3: a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that
detonates on contact with a target
4: 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 [syn: {electric ray}, {crampfish}, {numbfish}]
v : attack or hit with torpedoes