submarineadj.n.
/ˌsʌbməˈriːn/, /ˈsʌbməriːn/, U.S. /ˈˌsəbməˈˌrin/ A. adj.
1. That exists or occurs under the surface of the sea.
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the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > region of sea or ocean > [adjective] > below surface
under-sea1613
submarine1626
subsea1883
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §780 In the Sea, vpon the South-West of Sicilie, much Corall is found. It is a Sub-Marine Plant. It hath no Leaues.
1670 R. Boyle Temperature Submarine Regions in Tracts i. 3 By the Appellation of Submarine Regions 'tis not to be supposed that the places so called are below the Bottom of the Sea, but only below the surface of it.
1723 R. Blackmore Alfred vi. 188 The Tyrrhene Sea thro' Roads unseen Secret Canals and Burrows sub-marine, Rushes along the excavated Isle.
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) IV. 87 This Fucus is found on submarine rocks at very low water.
1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 24 A vast submarine region, such as the bed of the western Atlantic.
1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man xiii. 232 Difficulty in distinguishing between the effects of the submarine and supramarine agency of ice.
1957 A. C. Clarke Deep Range ii. xvii. 120 The animal was moving in a curiously erratic path at a constant depth,..following the slopes of an unusually steep submarine mountain.
1984 A. C. Duxbury & A. Duxbury Introd. World's Oceans viii. 279 A submarine earthquake produces a tsunami.
2009 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Feb. 42/2 The deep basins under the oceans are carpeted with lava that spewed from submarine volcanoes and solidified.
2. That is performed, used, or intended for use beneath the surface of the sea. Also of a person: that acts or works beneath the surface of the sea. See also attributive use of B. 2.
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the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > region of sea or ocean > [adjective] > below surface > intended for use below surface
submarine1647
under-sea1901
1647 E. Ashmole tr. Prophecie A. Merlin in W. Lilly Worlds Catastrophe 39 Submarine lights [L. submarini luces] shall be engendered, and they shall devise submarine deceipts [L. submarinas insidias].
a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) vi. 18 Enabling us to supply divers, if not also submarine Navigators with fresh Air produced under Water.
1705 Philos. Trans. Abridg'd 1665–1700 (Royal Soc.) 1 634 A way to make a Submarine Vessel accommodated with Ways to Row it, and to make it Rise and Sink in the Water.
1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 85 Æthereal journies, submarine exploits.
1852 Fraser's Mag. 46 88 All the details of sub-marine tactics and strategics.
1854 Bull. Amer. Geogr. & Statist. Soc. 1 iii. 16 A plateau which seems to have been placed there especially for the purpose of holding the wires of a submarine telegraph.
1914 C. W. Domville-Fife Submarines, Mines & Torpedoes 9 The conduct of submarine warfare on the grand scale requires far more than flotillas of submergible warships.
1957 G. Clark Archaeol. & Society (ed. 3) ii. 48 The development of the aqualung..has recently made it possible to envisage submarine archaeology as a field of purposeful research.
1982 M. Rule Mary Rose ii. 42 The Deanes operated as submarine engineers all round the south coast of Britain, salvaging and demolishing underwater wrecks.
2007 Reykjavik Grapevine 1 June 8/1 The managing director of Microsoft in Iceland..hopes that a new submarine cable will be built sooner rather than later.
3. figurative. That possesses a quality, colour, atmosphere, etc., associated with or suggestive of that found beneath the surface of the sea.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > [adjective] > other types of laughter
grim1641
submarine1917
1917 T. S. Eliot Prufrock & Other Observ. 35 His laughter was submarine and profound Like the old man of the sea's.
1925 A. Huxley Those Barren Leaves v. i. 348 With a kind of submarine laughter below the surface of his voice.
1982 T. Mo Sour Sweet v. 36 A slowly fading submarine twilight diffused through the tenement courtyard.
2007 L. Worsley Cavalier vii. 176 The quality of the light..always possesses a submarine tinge, rich, dramatic and subtly shaded.
B. n.† 1. A marine creature, alga, etc. Obsolete.† 3. A submarine mine. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > [noun] > aquatic plant
weedc1450
aquatic?c1600
river weed1633
aquatile1638
sea-plant1681
submarine1703
sea-buda1822
hydrophyte1832
rheophyte1899
submergent1942
the world > animals > by habitat > [noun] > aquatic animal > marine animal
beluac1440
sea-beast?c1450
sea monsterc1595
submarine1703
sea-animal1745
1703 Philos. Trans. 1702–3 (Royal Soc.) 23 1419 A Description of some Coralls, and other curious Submarines.
1756 J. Hill Brit. Herbal 533 Grassy Alga..is the only submarine which has a regular root.
1758 W. Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall 254 The Alcyonium is of a middle nature betwixt the herbaceous and horny submarines.
1839 T. Hood Sub-marine 68 With open'd mouth and open'd eyes, Up rose the Sub-marine.
1843 Dial July 89 Verily your seal and beaver and the submarines are your only comfortable livers, when the mercury stands at 98 in the shade.
2. A vessel, esp. a warship, capable of operating under water and now usually equipped with torpedoes, missiles, and a periscope.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > submersible vessel
diving-engine1601
diving-bella1684
submarine boat1713
bellc1715
diving-bladder1753
boat1802
diving-boat1802
bell-vessel1816
submarine1828
nautilus1875
submersible1900
bathysphere1930
bathyscaphe1947
mesoscaphe1955
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > submarine
submarine1889
Holland1899
sub1915
pigboat1921
fish1925
guppy1948
killer submarine1955
snorter1962
nuclear1969
1828 Literary Reg. 18 Aug. 191/1 The navigation under the water, instead of on the surface, in vessels called sub marines, is also a happy invention, which preserves us from storms and shipwrecks.
1844 C. F. Henningsen Revelations Russia II. v. 103 The submarines could never be got to move any way but one—the way they were carried by the current of the Neva.
1889 N.Y. Times 8 Jan. 2/5 Greece has 6 deep-sea and 31 second class [torpedo craft], of which 2 are submarines.
1915 M. Gyte Diary 11 Mar. (1999) 46 The British have sunk a German submarine U12.
1939 Scotsman 14 Nov. 11/6 This light was reflected on to the water, out of sight of any surfacing submarine.
1972 Sci. Amer. July 16/3 A hunter-killer submarine is large enough to carry an array of hydrophones to produce a narrow listening beam for long-range detection.
2009 Daily Tel. 29 Sept. 20/6 If the PM truly wants a non-nuclear future, he should..do better than re-announcing that he is going to cut one replacement Trident submarine.
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society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > mine
undermine1682
American turtle1775
torpedo1776
submarine1846
mine1862
pole torpedo1877
ground-torpedo1878
spar torpedo1878
countermine1880
acoustic mine1923
magnetic mine1939
limpet1942
pressure mine1943
oyster1945
1846 Daily Sentinel & Gaz. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin Territory) 3 Apr. The small amount necessary for the construction of submarines would enable the citizens of any town..to protect themselves efficiently, without the aid of the national vessels.
1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 July 6/2 Suppose you lay down submarines to help the defence; without a flotilla, how are you going to stop the enemy from taking them up or destroying them at night?
4. U.S. colloquial.
a. A doughnut. rare.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [noun] > a cake > doughnut
dough cakea1631
doughnut1782
olykoek1795
nutcake1801
poffertje1804
zeppole1835
krapfen1845
simball1865
sinker1870
doughnut hole1886
vetkoek1900
bear sign1903
koeksister1904
sinker1906
submarine1916
mandazi1937
1916 Independent 9 Oct. 77 ‘Two submarines and a mug of murk—no cow!’ orders the waiter.
1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §91/25 Doughnuts,..sinkers, submarines.
b. = submarine sandwich n. at Compounds 2c. Now more usually sub (see sub n.10 2).
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > bread with spread or filling > [noun] > sandwich > other sandwiches
cheese sandwich1828
bacon sandwich1858
cucumber sandwich1896
club sandwich1903
western sandwich1908
Reuben sandwich1927
poor boy1931
po' boy1932
hero1938
hero sandwich1939
foot-long1941
steak sandwich1941
sub1948
sub sandwich1948
submarine1949
BLT1952
panini1955
tuna sandwich1957
hoagie1967
muffuletta1967
gyro1971
PBJ1971
stotty1971
Philadelphia cheesesteak1977
Philly cheesesteak1982
banh mi1985
1949 C. Paddleford in N.Y. Herald Tribune 11 Aug. 11/8 Ask for a ‘Hero’. We have. We know all about them. But double submarine is quite a different picnic. It's less Italian, in flavor it's modern America.
1954 Lebanon (Pa.) Daily News 28 Sept. 7/1 Specials—Friday and Saturday Nights..Delicious Submarines.
1979 M. Cunningham & J. Laber Fannie Farmer Cookbk. (ed. 12) 293 Depending on where you live, you may call it a hero, hoagie, submarine, or grinder.
1988 S. Paretsky Toxic Shock xviii. 137 A neighborhood bar advertised submarines and Italian beef.
2005 S. Madrigal Of Two Minds iii. 14 Grace prepared a pair of turkey submarines complete with mushroom gravy sauce.
c. American Football. A submarine charge or tackle (see Compounds 2c); (also) a player attempting this. rare.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres
rush1857
punt-out1861
goal-kicking1871
safety1879
safety touchdown1879
scrimmage1880
rushing1882
safety touch1884
touchback1884
forward pass1890
run1890
blocking1891
signal1891
fake1893
onside kick1895
tandem-play1895
pass play1896
spiral1896
shift1901
end run1902
straight-arm1903
quarterback sneak1904
runback1905
roughing1906
Minnesota shift1910
quarterbacking1910
snap-back1910
pickoff1912
punt return1914
screen forward pass1915
screen pass1920
power play1921
sneak1921
passback1922
snap1922
defence1923
reverse1924
carry1927
lateral1927
stiff-arm1927
zone1927
zone defence1927
submarine charge1928
squib1929
block1931
pass rushing1933
safetying1933
trap play1933
end-around1934
straight-arming1934
trap1935
mousetrap1936
buttonhook1938
blitzing1940
hand-off1940
pitchout1946
slant1947
strike1947
draw play1948
shovel pass1948
bootleg1949
option1950
red dog1950
red-dogging1951
rollout1951
submarine1952
sleeper pass1954
draw1956
bomb1960
swing pass1960
pass rush1962
blitz1963
spearing1964
onsides kick1965
takeaway1967
quarterback sack1968
smash-mouth1968
veer1968
turn-over1969
bump-and-run1970
scramble1971
sack1972
nose tackle1975
nickel1979
pressure1981
1952 L. O. Waldorf Game of Football xii. 189 The defensive guard may fake a submarine.
1960 Huntingdon (Pa.) Daily News 4 Oct. 4 Submarine is a term used to define guards who try to dig under their would-be blockers and come up in the other team's backfield.
2007 B. Boyles & P. Guido 50 Years College Football 190 Namath tried..[a] down sneak, only to be halted inches short by G Tommy Currie's submarine.
Phrases
U.S. euphemistic. to watch the submarine races and variants: to engage in amorous activity (esp. kissing and caressing), usually in a parked car overlooking a body of water.With humorous reference to a spurious reason one might give for parking near the water.
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1950 Winona (Minnesota) Republican-Herald 10 Jan. 9/4 Don't let any date take you out in the moonlight alone in his heap of a jeep to watch the submarine races!
1989 K. R. Kappel Chappaquiddick Revealed App. D. 290 [They] leave in the car for some late night submarine-race watching by the ocean side.
1996 G. Palladino Teenagers x. 166 After an evening of dancing or movie watching, teenage boys could easily suggest a drive to the beach to ‘watch the submarine races’.
2011 Buffalo (N.Y.) News (Nexis) 9 June a8 We went to..Crystal Beach and watched the submarine races off Grand Island on warm summer nights.
Compounds
C1. Compounds of the adjective.
submarine boat n. = sense B. 2; now more usually submarine.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > submersible vessel
diving-engine1601
diving-bella1684
submarine boat1713
bellc1715
diving-bladder1753
boat1802
diving-boat1802
bell-vessel1816
submarine1828
nautilus1875
submersible1900
bathysphere1930
bathyscaphe1947
mesoscaphe1955
1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. i. i. 6 It was used from time to time when the Air in the submarine Boat was clogged by the Breath of the Company, and thereby made unfit for Respiration.
1807 T. Jefferson Let. 16 Aug. in Writings (1853) V. 165 I have ever looked to the submarine boat as most to be depended on for attaching them [sc. torpedoes to the cable of a ship].
1900 19th Cent. May 722 Why it [sc. the naval programme] does not contain..any provision for submarine or submersible boats.
2000 L. P. Paine Warships of World to 1900 76/2 John Philip Holland's sixth submarine boat design..was the first operationally practical submarine commissioned into the US Navy.
submarine canyon n. a narrow steep-sided trench eroded in a continental shelf or continental slope by underwater currents.
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1894 Rep. U.S. Comm. Fisheries 1891–2 16 We returned to Monterey Bay for the purpose of further developing the submarine canyon extending seaward from Salinas Landing.
1943 A. Flores tr. B. Subercaseaux Chile 220 At Indian Reach..our ship passes over a submarine canyon another thousand meters deep.
1973 Nature 26 Jan. 267/2 Most coarse material resedimented from modern stable continental shelves passes down submarine canyons.
2001 E. Bryant Tsunami iii. vi. 188 A submarine canyon lying offshore was deepened by 590 m.
submarine meadow n. an area of vegetation on the sea bed, esp. one consisting of grass-like plants.
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1668 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 3 702 The Grasse of the Sub-marine Meadows is not a span long.
1728 Athenian Oracle (ed. 3) I. 346/2 These animals in their proper seasons deposite the spawn in particular creeks, rocks, weeds, and submarine meadows.
1883 Sci. Amer. 29 Dec. 407/1 Their [sc. needle fish] favourite dwelling places are in the submarine meadows and sea marshes, where the long-leaved sea grass grows luxuriantly.
1907 G. F. S. Elliot Romance Plant Life 162 The waving grasslike leaves form a rich submarine meadow.
2001 Limnol. & Oceanogr. 46 24 The plants form extensive submarine meadows that can be found in oligotrophic and mesotrophic shallow marine waters all over the world.
submarine mine n. an explosive charge laid beneath the surface of the sea, intended to explode on impact with an enemy vessel, etc.
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1835 Army & Navy Chron. 24 Sept. 312/1 The next effort of gunpowder was shown in springing a submarine mine or torpedo in St. Mary's creek.
1915 Chambers's Jrnl. May 293/1 There are two kinds of submarine mines—namely, the ‘observation’ mine, which is fired by an observer on shore..and the ‘contact’ mine.
2001 F. A. Ninkovich United States & Imperialism i. 25 An American court of naval inquiry determined that the explosion had been caused by a submarine mine.
C2. Compounds of the noun.
a. In sense B. 2, in submarine attack, submarine base, submarine-chasing, submarine-hunting, etc.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [adjective] > of or relating to submarine
submarine1897
U-boat1915
1897 Knowledge Jan. 20/1 All the great naval Powers are busily engaged in bringing submarine warfare to a perfect system of attack.
1908 C. Field Story of Submarine 183 The rise of the Russian submarine flotilla.
1917 Pop. Sci. Monthly Aug. 209/2 Not long after perfecting his submarine-proof ocean freighter.
1930 19th Cent. Mar. 292 The submarine attack..successfully defended the Adriatic.
1941 I. Halstead Heroes of Atlantic 66 The valuable French convoy-escorting ships and submarine-hunting vessels were withdrawn from our support.
1979 O. Sela Petrograd Consignment 17 The chiefs..had decided to end the blockade by declaring unrestricted submarine warfare.
1986 T. Clancy Red Storm Rising (1988) xxxviii. 659 He might now be in a submarine-dedicated sector, and submarines were by far the more dangerous opponents.
1994 D. J. Warren Old Med. & Dental Instruments 21/1 Baby feeders for dispensing milk include pear-shaped pewter bottles and the more common submarine-shaped feeders.
2005 D. Nicholls Understudy 13 Stumbling backwards through a sugar-glass window into the submarine dock below.
b. Baseball.
(a) Esp. in submarine pitcher. Designating a pitcher who throws the ball with an underarm or sidearm delivery.
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1911 Newport (Rhode Island) Daily News 3 July 2/1 Jack Evans, the old Submarine pitcher.
1926 Hamilton (Ohio) Evening Jrnl. 20 Apr. The ultra-famous submarine heaver subdued the world's champion Pirates.
1989 D. Okrent & S. Wulf Baseball Anecd. ii. 90 Mays, a submarine pitcher, was a notoriously nasty competitor.
2011 Garden City (Kansas) Telegram (Nexis) 25 Feb. The sophomore submarine pitcher from Littleton, Colo., was more than just the closer.
(b) Designating a ball thrown with an underarm or sidearm delivery (see Compounds 2b(a)), as submarine ball, submarine delivery, submarine pitch, etc.
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1915 Ogden Standard (Ogden City, Utah) 7 June 2/5 Klawitter used his German submarine ball on the Beavers here today and held them helpless on the zero end of a 9 to 0 score.
1918 Our Paper 23 Mar. 136/3 Sambo had much success receiving the submarine delivery of Blonde Carl last season.
1938 Sandusky (Ohio) Reg. 21 Dec. 10/6 He joined brother Joe, the shortstop who replaced Ray Champan when the latter was killed by Carl Mays' submarine pitch.
1973 W. Brashler Bingo Long Travelling All-Stars & Motor Kings iv. 46 Leon threw a submarine fastball.
1998 B. Callaghan Barrelhouse Kings i. iii. 44 Sometimes I would try to cross him up, uncoiling from my windup and uncorking a submarine pitch.
2010 New Yorker 12 Apr. 40/1 Moylan throws a submarine ball, and the Disney World radar gun was evidently ill equipped to handle his goofy down-under delivery.
c.
submarine charge n. American Football (now rare) a charge in which a defensive lineman ducks below the block of an offensive lineman; cf. submarine v. 4, submarine tackle n.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres
rush1857
punt-out1861
goal-kicking1871
safety1879
safety touchdown1879
scrimmage1880
rushing1882
safety touch1884
touchback1884
forward pass1890
run1890
blocking1891
signal1891
fake1893
onside kick1895
tandem-play1895
pass play1896
spiral1896
shift1901
end run1902
straight-arm1903
quarterback sneak1904
runback1905
roughing1906
Minnesota shift1910
quarterbacking1910
snap-back1910
pickoff1912
punt return1914
screen forward pass1915
screen pass1920
power play1921
sneak1921
passback1922
snap1922
defence1923
reverse1924
carry1927
lateral1927
stiff-arm1927
zone1927
zone defence1927
submarine charge1928
squib1929
block1931
pass rushing1933
safetying1933
trap play1933
end-around1934
straight-arming1934
trap1935
mousetrap1936
buttonhook1938
blitzing1940
hand-off1940
pitchout1946
slant1947
strike1947
draw play1948
shovel pass1948
bootleg1949
option1950
red dog1950
red-dogging1951
rollout1951
submarine1952
sleeper pass1954
draw1956
bomb1960
swing pass1960
pass rush1962
blitz1963
spearing1964
onsides kick1965
takeaway1967
quarterback sack1968
smash-mouth1968
veer1968
turn-over1969
bump-and-run1970
scramble1971
sack1972
nose tackle1975
nickel1979
pressure1981
1928 Laurel (Mississippi) Daily Leader 8 Nov. 5/3 The Laurel line won quite a ‘rep’ in Meridan last Saturday with their ‘submarine charge’.
1938 W. G. Killinger in W. L. Hughes Bk. Major Sports iii. 47 After several submarine charges by the defensive guard the offensive linemen are likely to be charging very low.
2009 Dallas Morning News (Nexis) 12 Oct. 6 c Brown was met by Ali Highsmith on a submarine charge, with support, it seemed, from every Arizona lineman and linebacker on the field.
submarine chaser n. Military a small boat equipped for military operations against submarines.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > subchaser
subchaser1915
submarine chaser1917
1917 Daily Mail 5 Mar. 5/4 Expert officials of the [United States] Navy department devised a scheme for placing on board merchant ships..two or three small boats as submarine-chasers.
1941 Hutchinson's Pict. Hist. War 14 May 193 Fast revenue cutters of the U.S. coastguard service..are now in service with the Royal Navy as submarine chasers.
1997 Mail on Sunday 10 Aug. (Programme section) 4/3 A tough naval officer,..demoted to the command of a scruffy submarine-chaser.
submarine-launched adj. (of a plane, missile, etc.) that is launched from a submarine.
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1943 Flying Sept. 32/3 A Jap U-boat fired on United States soil for the first time off the California coast—and then later repeated the trick, via a submarine-launched plane.
1959 Encounter Jan. 13/1 The Polaris submarine-launched missile.
2006 Foreign Affairs Mar. 44 Washington..built increasingly accurate multiwarhead land- and submarine-launched ballistic missiles.
submarine net n. (a) a device placed across the mouth of a harbour or narrow waterway for protection against submarines and torpedoes; (b) a concealed movable trap net used for fishing.
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1896 Rep. Secretary of War (U.S.) I. 913 (table) Submarine net for harbor defense.
1906 Rep. (Ohio Fish & Game Comm.) 4 The waters around the islands of Lake Erie should be made a sanctuary for the fish of the lake and no trap or submarine nets of any kind should be permitted within a mile of any of them.
1917 Pop. Mech. Sept. 395 Germany has equipped some of her U-boats with ingenious devices to enable them to cut their way through submarine nets.
2010 G. Woodwick Ocean Shores ii. 25 Submarine nets stretched across the mouth of the Harbor.
submarine pen n. [compare German U-Boot-Bunker, lit. ‘submarine bunker’ (1942 or earlier)] a covered dock to shelter submarines, esp. from air attack; cf. pen n.2 5.
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1941 Times 23 Dec. 2/3 The important submarine pens at Brest were also damaged during the attack.
1966 S. Hess America's Polit. Dynasties 500 Young Joe Kennedy had been killed while performing a daring mission designed to destroy enemy submarine pens on the Belgian coast.
2001 Navy News Sept. (Suppl.) 4/2 If..the Treasury had accepted the idea of excavating submarine pens..Malta would have been a secure base.
submarine roll n. = submarine sandwich n.; a whole or half of a long roll used to make a submarine sandwich.
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1950 Tyrone (Pa.) Daily Herald 10 Jan. 6/1 Fresh Italian bread and delicious Submarine rolls daily at Mannino's Grocery.
1973 Home & Store News (Ramsey, New Jersey) Mar. Hoagies include ham, salami, provolone cheese and shredded lettuce all stuffed into a seven-inch submarine roll.
2008 B. L. Bennett Vegan Bites 70 To assemble each sandwich, partially split open the submarine roll.
submarine sandwich n. originally and chiefly North American a sandwich made of a long roll split lengthways and filled with a variety of meats, vegetables, cheese, etc.; cf. hoagie n.
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1940 Classified Telephone Directory (Wilmington, Delaware) Jan. 104/2 (advt.) Italian Food A Specialty... Submarine Sandwiches To Take Out.
1973 Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ont.) 11 July 7/2 Who are the biggest fans of the Jaycee beer garden where beer and submarine sandwiches are sold?
2007 D. S. Wilson Evol. for Everyone xxxv. 334 I would pick her up in the evening and get a soggy submarine sandwich at a bargain price for my next day's lunch.
submarine scout n. now historical a small non-rigid airship developed to counter the German U-boat threat to British shipping during the First World War (1914–18); = blimp n.1 1.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > balloons and airships > [noun] > airship > types of airship
aeroplane1884
non-rigid1909
Parseval1909
rigid1911
blimp1916
submarine scout1917
semi-rigid1920
1917 All World's Aircraft c. 78/1 The ‘Blimp’ or Submarine Scout, evolved by the British Naval Air Service.
1954 P. K. Kemp Fleet Air Arm 35 The first of the famous S.S., or Submarine Scout, airships.
2003 W. J. Boyne Dawn over Kitty Hawk ii. 71 It was a hybrid craft that consisted of the body of a BE2c aircraft slung beneath the bag of a Willows airship, thus creating the SS (submarine scout) airship.
submarine tackle n. American Football a low tackle; a tackle aimed at the legs or knees; cf. submarine v. 4, submarine charge n.
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1942 Ludington (Mich.) Daily News 28 Dec. 6/1 His last attempt, with only a few seconds left to play, was salted by submarine tackles by Aldrich and Clyde Shugart.
1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 3 Dec. d4 Typical of the second-half aggressiveness was the submarine tackle that Murphy inflicted on Packer wide receiver James Lofton.
2006 J.-J. Taylor Game of My Life ii. 18 Spider Lockhart wrecked Hill's season with a submarine tackle in the third quarter of a 20-13 Dallas win over the Giants.
Derivatives
subˈmarinism n. now rare = submarining n.
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society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > in submarine
submarining1855
submarinism1915
1915 Glasgow Herald 30 Mar. 8 The commander of the U16..discussed ‘submarinism’ from the standpoint of one who had experience.
1927 Westm. Gaz. 23 May 6/2 The war advanced the study of submarinism and aviation.
1942 Winnipeg (Manitoba) Free Press 3 Oct. It was too soon to say that submarinism had been defeated.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
submarinev.
/ˌsʌbməˈriːn/, /ˈsʌbməriːn/, U.S. /ˈˌsəbməˈˌrin/ΚΠ
1857 Irish Lit. Gaz. 5 Sept. 94/3 In the event of the cable being successfully sunk Europe will thus be placed in electric rapport with the islands of the Mediterranean and the continent of Africa... It is not to be concealed that the..difficulties involved in submarining the Mediterranean as regards depth and inequality of plateau are formidable.
2.
a. transitive. Usually in passive. To attack by submarine, or with a submarine.
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society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > operations or manoeuvres > perform operation or manoeuvre [verb (transitive)] > attack with submarine
submarine1905
1905 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 2 318/1 The vessel, being mined, submarined, or rammed.
1914 Country Gentleman & Land & Water 19 Sept. 17*/1 Having been submarined and beached.
1939 Atlanta (Georgia) Constit. 18 Dec. 4/2 An English sailor survived when his ship was submarined and kept alive for 25 hours adrift in an open lifeboat.
1999 G. C. Whiteley in M. MacLeod Crossroads Country 47 During the war, he was on a hospital ship that was submarined in the Mediterranean.
2000 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 10 Aug. 13 My father..was submarined..off the Cornish coast just before I was born.
b. transitive. figurative. Originally and chiefly U.S. To attack as though from beneath; to put out of action, ruin, or destroy, esp. in a covert or underhanded way; to sabotage, scupper, sink; torpedo v. 2b.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > cause or effect (harm) [verb (transitive)] > do harm or injury to > gradually or secretly
undergoc1000
minec1422
undercreepa1440
cankera1450
undermine1565
cankerfret1585
sap1711
honeycomb1821
white-ant1905
submarine1917
sabotage1918
undercut1955
monkeywrench1986
1917 Paper Makers' Jrnl. July 17/1 We still state that the Defense Fund Proposition..was submarined by E. L. No. 1. and for a purpose.
1921 J. C. Apsley What Salesman should know about Advertising (ed. 2) iii. 117 The salesman is distinctly of ‘the destroyer patrol’ when it comes to protection of his firm's good will against being submarined by sampling.
1978 L. Pryor Viper vii. 132 You submarined my car... One mechanic putting his hand on a wing and quietly pulling it until it lost its downthrust.
1982 Chicago Sun-Times 3 Sept. 106/2 Players talk, though, even when they aren't out to submarine management.
1990 N.Y. Newsday 16 Oct. 33/3 He was submarined by a report by the Dinkins team.
2010 T. A. Kerston Stepping into Admin. iv. 34 If you really want to submarine your success, just begin your comments with such statements as ‘This is how we did it at my former school.’
c. transitive. To send (a person or thing) by submarine. Now rare.
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society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > transport by water [verb (transitive)] > in specific type of craft or by specific propulsion
rowa1470
boat1508
keel1599
barge1652
raft1667
drog1681
sculler1682
paddle1784
punt1818
scull1827
wherry1827
yawl1884
steam1891
submarine1918
gondolier1936
1918 T. E. Lawrence Let. 15 July (1938) 244 This letter will be submarined.
1939 Time 18 Dec. 21/3 Since precious little German trade can be sailed, submarined or flown overseas, writing about ‘new possibilities’..sounded like official whistling in the dark.
1948 G. Greene Heart of Matter ii. i. 172 There's the Mrs. Rolt who was submarined.
1993 R. Broad & J. Cavanagh Plundering Paradise (1994) vi. 91 General Douglas MacArthur was submarined to safety.
3. intransitive. To act like a submarine; to dive, swim, or move along under water. Also figurative.
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the world > space > place > absence > be absent [verb (intransitive)] > absent oneself
to turn awaya1400
absenta1425
to play truant1560
truant1580
to take (a) French leave1751
to trig it1796
to play hookey1848
submarine1915
to take off1930
bunk1949
the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > move in or on water [verb (intransitive)] > move like submarine
submarine1915
1915 Condor 17 205 The birds..rode bow on to the weather or else submarined in relays after smelt.
1917 R. Lord Jrnl. 30 Nov. in Captain Boyd's Battery, A.E.F. (1919) 24 Submarine,..let's submarine, etc.—to submerge, to make oneself scarce in the presence of impending duty.
1969 Boys' Life Mar. 58 He [sc. a spider] submarined to the bottom and hid under a bunch of leaves.
1990 J. Wambaugh Golden Orange iv. 39 When..he turned to thank the surfer, the kid was already submarining through the nearest breaker.
2009 R. Dasgupta Solo 300 Boris paddles away to intercept Lara, who is submarining from end to end.
4. U.S. Sport (chiefly American Football).
a. intransitive. To duck, slide, or dive low in order to avoid the block of an opposing player.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > play American football [verb (intransitive)] > actions or manoeuvres
rush1873
return1884
block1889
goal1900
drive1902
interfere1920
submarine1925
lateral1927
lateral1930
pull1933
to hand off1937
shovel pass1948
bootleg1951
scramble1964
spear1964
blitz1965
convert1970
1925 K. K. Rockne Four Winners xx. 227 I want the defensive guards submarining down underneath, all afternoon, so that the State line can't lift you.
1931 Chicago Defender 7 Feb. 8/1 Belcher..lightly stepped through into the open behind the line. When they got wise to this he submarined.
1970 Boys' Life Sept. 9/1 Sanders, an excellent tackler, has a way of submarining under a blocker to get to the ball carrier on an end sweep.
1991 J. P. McCarthy Parent's Guide to coaching Football 72 The nose guard can submarine—shoot or dive low into the gap and scramble back to his feet.
b. transitive. To evade (an opposing player) by ducking, sliding, or diving low. Also: to collide with (an opposing player) in this manner.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > play American football [verb (transitive)] > actions to players
tackle1884
nail1888
block1889
quarterback1892
rough1904
rush1913
to fake out1931
straight-arm1934
submarine1941
red-dog1950
clothesline1959
spear1964
sack1969
1941 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 25 Nov. 15/1 The two guards, Stack and Ruebel, were diving in low and submarining their Harvard opponents.
1972 S. DeLuca Football Playbook v. 123 You might expect a smaller defensive lineman to ‘submarine’ his opponent (lunge lower than the defender).
1979 Washington Post 25 Mar. g1/3 (caption) Terry Donnelly of Michigan State writhes in agony after being submarined by Penn player while making layup.
1990 USA Today 24 Oct. 8 c/5 Jensen illegally submarined the kickoff wedge.
2001 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 30 Aug. c14/6 The dangerous and illegal chop-block, in which one offensive lineman blocks a defender up high and another submarines the defender low.
5. intransitive. Frequently with under. To slide forward under a safety belt, airbag, etc., as a result of the impact of a head-on motor crash. More generally: to slide under some restraint.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [verb (intransitive)] > suffer an accident > result of
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1965 B. Aldman in Proc. Ninth Stapp Car Crash Conf. (1966) iv. 80 The diagonal belt has no strap that can decelerate the lower part of the body and therefore..the occupant's body can submarine under the belt.
1971 Wall St. Jrnl. 12 Mar. 1/4 Occupants [of a crashing car] could ‘submarine’ under an inflating bag and thus not be protected by it.
1981 Sunday Times 26 Apr. 3/5 The 10-year-old dummy [in a test of safety belts] ‘submarined’—that is he slid forward under the belt, which tightened across his stomach and around his neck.
1987 Punch 25 Feb. 45 In the event of a head-on smash,..the hawsers..tension the seat-belts, so that you're pinned to the squab and prevented from ‘submarining’ down into the footwell.
2011 D. Fields & A. Fields Baby Bargains 306 Most high chairs have a special guard to prevent a child from submarining under the tray.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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