shanghai

3 definitions • 5 examples

a large city in the eastern part of China:

I'm going to Shanghai on a business trip.

Yan was born in Shanghai and her first novel was published in China.

The Shanghai stock market is up 75%.

to force someone to do something or go somewhere:

be shanghaied into The two groups were shanghaied into signing the agreement, despite their objections.

The homeless are being shanghaied off the streets in some cities.

a Y-shaped stick or piece of metal with a piece of elastic (= material that stretches) attached to the top parts, used especially by children for shooting small stones