"to drug a man unconscious and ship him as a sailor," 1854, American English, from the practice of kidnapping to fill the crews of ships making extended voyages, such as to the Chinese seapo [..]

Chinese seaport, literally "by the sea," from Shang "on, above" + hai "sea." In 19c., a long-legged breed of hens, supposed to have come from there; hence U.S. slang sens [..]

To be volunteered for an assignment or talked into something. Usage: "How in the hell did we get shangaied into this lash-up?"

Shanghaiing refers to the practice of conscripting men as sailors by coercive techniques such as trickery, intimidation, or violence. The term shanghai is the taking of a person against his/her will f [..]

(n) the largest city of China; located in the east on the Pacific; one of the largest ports in the world(v) take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship

To Shanghai someone is to make them drunk or insensible to get them aboard an outward-bound ship in need of a crew, or, more generally, to trick someone into going somewhere. The term may have origina [..]

To take someone against their will for compulsory service on board a ship; "The men were shanghaied after being drugged".

To make a man drunk or insensible and get him aboard an outward-bound ship in need of a crew. Originated in the phrase “Ship him to Shanghai” where a known trouble-maker, signing-on at the seaman’s po [..]

The process or practice of kidnapping people to man a ship. Contrast with PRESS, PRESSGANG.

Hitting a single, double and triple of the same number in the same throw

A score of a single, double and triple in the same number. "Shanghai" sometimes refers to a checkout of 120 (single, treble and double 20). In some games this is an automatic win i.e [..]

Hitting a triple, double, and single of the same number in the same throw

A score of a single, double and triple in the same number. In some games this is an automatic win. This is also the name of a game.

A major port city in eastern China. The provincial-level municipality between Jiangsu and Zhejiang in eastern China comprising Shanghai proper and its suburbs.