Torpedo (disambiguation)
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A torpedo, or locomotive torpedo, is a self-propelled explosive projectile that operates underwater.
Torpedo may also refer to:
- Torpedo (genus), the genus of electric rays
- More generally, any electric ray (order Torpediniformes)
Weapons:
- a naval mine, a stationary explosive device placed in water, to destroy vessels
- land torpedo, an obsolete term for land mine
- "Aerial torpedo", a naval term for early flying bombs and pilotless aircraft weapons
- Aerial torpedo, a self-propelled torpedo dropped into the water from aircraft
- Bangalore torpedo, an explosive device for land use
- Human torpedo, also called "Chariot", a variety of swimmer delivery vehicle of World War Two.
Transport:
- Torpedo (car) car body style. An early form of usually large touring coachwork with smooth shape from front to rear
- Railroad torpedo, a device to warn approaching trains upon entering protected trackage
- Narco torpedo, a type of underwater cargo barge, towed behind boats to clandestinely transport illicit materials
In fiction:
- Torpedo (comics) or Torpedo 1936, a Spanish comic book series
- Torpedo (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics character
- Torpedo (G.I. Joe), a character in the G.I. Joe universe
- Photon torpedo, fictional weapon popularized by the science fiction saga Star Trek
- Torpedo (Bob's Burgers), an episode of the animated series Bob's Burgers
In sport:
- FC Torpedo Kutaisi, a Georgian Football Club
- FC Torpedo Moscow, a Russian Football Club
- FC Torpedo-RG, a Russian Football Club
- FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhya, a Ukrainian Football Club
- FC Torpedo-ZIL, a defunct Russian Football Club, now FC Moscow
- FC Torpedo Zhodino, a Belarusian Football Club
- Torpedo punt, a specialised kick used in Australian Rules Football
- Torpedo system, a strategy in ice hockey
- "Thorpedo", a nickname of the Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe
Other:
- Torpedo (petroleum), explosive used in an oil well to start or increase the flow of oil
- Torpedo, Pennsylvania
- "Torpedo", 1920s slang for a hit man or "hired gun"
- "Torpedo", in American cigar slang, a cigar with a pointed tip, also called a pyramid (pirámide in Spanish) or belicoso
- A type of drinking game (see shotgunning)
- A thirteen inch sandwich sold by Quizno's starting in 2009 and one of the many slang terms for a submarine sandwich in general.
- A keg of beer containing approximately 5 US gallons
- A small pea size wad of paper filled with gunpowder that detonates when thrown on the ground; also called a "cracker ball"
- An Italian alternative music band
- A meat filled snack
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