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submarine
- /sʌb.məˈɹiːn/ UK
- /sʊb.məˈɹiːn/ Northern England
- /sʌb.məˈɾin/ Scotland
- /sʌb.məˈɾiːn/ Wales
- /sʌb.məˈɹin/ US
- /ˈsʌb.mə.ɹin/ US
Rhymes with -iːn
adjective sub-marine
- Being, relating to, or made for use underwater, especially beneath the sea. Near-synonym: submerged (synonymous in "being underwater" sense)
- Hidden or undisclosed. a submarine patent
- Of a pitch, thrown with the hand lower than the elbow. When Peterson saw the unusual pitching motion of Kent Tekulve—the submarine pitcher who threw baseballs as though they were coming right out of the rubber slab on the mound—he was the first of many who tried to change Tekulve's delivery.
noun submarines · sub-marine
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A boat that can go underwater.
Me: *staring out window* looks like rain
Submarine captain: what
Me: but like more
Similar: U-boat · Opposite: surface ship
- Alternative form of submarine sandwich
- A pitch delivered with an underhand motion.
- Any submarine plant or animal.
- A stowaway on a seagoing vessel.
verb submarines · submarining · submarined · sub-marine
- To operate or serve on a submarine.
- To torpedo; to destroy with a sudden sneak attack. “We’re really at the point of chicken, where the Fed is trying to ward off inflation without submarining the economy.”
- To sink or submerge oneself. The second their center snapped the ball, I submarined between the big guy's legs and tackled the halfback.
- To slide forwards underneath one's seat belt (during a crash or sudden stop). The seatback should always be up while driving so that the occupant doesn't submarine and potentially suffer severe internal injury.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: sub, undersea, pigboat, u-boat, subsurface, bomber, wedge, poor boy, hoagy, hero sandwich, zep, submarine sandwich, italian sandwich, hoagie, cuban sandwich, hero
Translations
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adj undersea
| Español | submarino |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 水下的 shuǐxià de, 海底的 hǎidǐ de |
| Português | submarino |
| Français | sous-marin |
| Deutsch | submarin, unterseeisch, untermeerisch, unterwasser- |
| Italiano | sottomarino, sommergibile |
| Ελληνικά | υποβρύχιος ypovrýchios |
| Română | submarin |
| Русский | подво́дный podvódnyj, подмо́рский podmórskij |
noun undersea boat
| Español | submarino, sumergible, ictíneo, batiscafo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 잠수함 jamsuham |
| 日本語 | 潜水艦 sensuikan, サブマリン sabumarin |
| 中文 | 潛艇 /潜艇 qiántǐng, 潛水艇 /潜水艇 qiánshuǐtǐng |
| हिन्दी | पनडुब्बी panḍubbī |
| Kiswahili | nyambizi, sabmarini |
| Português | submarino |
| Français | sous-marin |
| Deutsch | Unterseeboot, U-Boot, Unterwasserboot |
| Italiano | sottomarino, sommergibile |
| Ελληνικά | υποβρύχιο ypovrýchio |
| Română | submarin |
| Русский | подво́дная ло́дка podvódnaja lódka, подло́дка podlódka, субмари́на submarína |
| Tiếng Việt | tàu ngầm |
| العربية | غَوَّاصَة ḡawwāṣa |
| עברית | צוֹלֶלֶת tsolelet |
noun sandwich
| Español | sándwich submarino, emparedado submarino |
|---|---|
| Русский | субмари́на submarína |
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title = {submarine},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/submarine},
urldate = {2026-11-05}
}
