sub vs torpedo

sub

noun
  • A submarine sandwich: a sandwich made on a long bun. 

  • Subsistence money: part of a worker's wages paid before the work is finished. 

  • A subtitle. 

  • A subroutine (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from a function, which does). 

  • A substitute, often in sports or teaching. 

  • A subcontractor. 

  • A subeditor. 

  • A submarine. 

  • A subwoofer. 

  • A subscription: a payment made for membership of a club, etc. 

  • A submissive. 

  • A subscription (or (by extension) a subscriber) to an online channel or feed. 

prep
  • Under. 

verb
  • To replace (a player) with a substitute. 

  • To substitute for. 

  • To lend. 

  • To subscribe. 

  • To take a submissive role. 

  • To coat with a layer of adhering material; to planarize by means of such a coating. 

  • To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education. 

  • To prepare (a slide) with a layer of transparent substance to support and/or fix the sample. 

  • Less commonly, and often as sub on, to bring on (a player) as a substitute. 

  • To subtitle (usually a film or television program). 

  • To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit. 

torpedo

noun
  • A submarine sandwich. 

  • A similar projectile that can travel through space. 

  • A professional gunman or assassin. 

  • An electric ray of the genus Torpedo. 

  • A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object. 

  • A small explosive device attached to the top of the rail to provide an audible warning when a train passes over it. 

  • A thick marijuana cigarette. 

  • A cigarette containing marijuana and crack cocaine. 

  • An automobile with a streamlined profile and a folding or detachable soft top, and having the hood or bonnet line raised to be level with the car's waistline, resulting in a straight beltline from front to back. 

  • A woman's shoe with a pointed toe. 

  • A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater and is used as a weapon. 

  • A large breast; a breast with a large nipple. 

verb
  • To sink (a ship) with one or more torpedoes. 

  • To strike (a ship) with one or more torpedoes. 

  • To undermine or destroy any endeavor with a stealthy, powerful attack. 

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