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- 1 Of or related to ninjas in their various senses. not-comparable
"The July 1966 issue had a cartoon concerning a Ninja dojo."
- 2 Initialism of no income, no job or assets, describing credit characteristics of a borrower, usually of a residential mortgage. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
- 1 A person trained in ninjutsu, especially (historical) one used for espionage, assassination, and other tasks requiring stealth during Japan's shogunate period.
"He used to work in the Japanese agency as a ninja."
- 2 An anti-government Bakongo rebel, active in Pool Department, Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville).
"To punish a population seen as Ninja sympathisers, the government last year effectively sealed off the entire region and barred all aid, turning Pool into a blank space on the humanitarian map."
- 3 a class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations wordnet
- 4 A person considered similarly skillful to the historical ninja, especially in covert or stealthy operation. figuratively
"For months the Japanese spoke of national-security adviser Henry Kissinger as a ninja—the magician of Japanese legends who performs supernatural acts and practices sorcery."
- 5 a member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations; a person skilled in ninjutsu wordnet
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- 6 A person considered similarly skillful to the historical ninja, especially in covert or stealthy operation.; A notional draconian arm of a corporation (originally Nintendo), tasked with dealing with individuals that infringe on its rights or do not comply with its regulations. figuratively, in-plural, slang
"I had TOTK running on my pc 2 weeks before it released on the switch and I'm still here. They can send the ninjas, I'm waiting."
- 7 A person considered to look like the historical ninja in some way, including (historical slang) an amateur private miner in Mongolia. figuratively
"He immediately suspected they were ninjas because, he said, they were dressed in black and wore masks, trademarks of the mysterious assassins who have been sowing terror across East Java in recent months."
- 8 Synonym of nigga as a friendly term of address. euphemistic
"What's up, ninjas?"
- 9 Synonym of nigga as a friendly term of address.; Synonym of man as a friendly term of address. euphemistic
"What up, my ninja!"
- 10 nigger. derogatory, ethnic, euphemistic, offensive, slur, vulgar
- 1 To act or move like a ninja, particularly with regard to a combination of speed, power, and stealth. ambitransitive
"I leapt up, ninja'd over to Gav's bed and wheeched the duvet off."
- 2 to beat someone to a post; to make the same reply just before the other party finishes typing, making their response redundant. Internet
"When I hit post, I saw that Blue Emu had ninja'd me, so I just deleted my reply."
- 3 To claim an item through abuse of game mechanics. Internet, slang
"That damn warrior ninja'd an epic-quality wand even though he can't even use it!"
Etymology
A romanized borrowing of Japanese 忍者 (ninja), popularized within Japanese by manga after World War II and in English by Eric Van Lustbader's 1980 novel The Ninja and the 1981 movie Enter the Ninja, of uncertain derivation but with an underlying sense of secret or hidden person. The “Mongolian miner” sense arose from the supposed resemblance of the bowls used to wash ore with mercury to the shells of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Juggalo slang sense arose via influence from AAVE nigga.
A romanized borrowing of Japanese 忍者 (ninja), popularized within Japanese by manga after World War II and in English by Eric Van Lustbader's 1980 novel The Ninja and the 1981 movie Enter the Ninja, of uncertain derivation but with an underlying sense of secret or hidden person. The “Mongolian miner” sense arose from the supposed resemblance of the bowls used to wash ore with mercury to the shells of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Juggalo slang sense arose via influence from AAVE nigga.
A romanized borrowing of Japanese 忍者 (ninja), popularized within Japanese by manga after World War II and in English by Eric Van Lustbader's 1980 novel The Ninja and the 1981 movie Enter the Ninja, of uncertain derivation but with an underlying sense of secret or hidden person. The “Mongolian miner” sense arose from the supposed resemblance of the bowls used to wash ore with mercury to the shells of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Juggalo slang sense arose via influence from AAVE nigga.
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