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ninja

[nin-juh]

noun

plural

ninja, ninjas 
  1. (often initial capital letter)Ģża member of a feudal Japanese society of mercenary agents highly trained in martial arts and stealth ninjutsu, who were hired for covert purposes ranging from espionage to sabotage and assassination.

  2. a person who is expert or highly skilled in a specified field or activity (often used attributively).

    marketing ninjas; ninja programmers.



verb (used with object)

ninjaed, ninjaing 
  1. Slang.ĢżAlso ninja loot (in a video game) to unfairly claim (valuable items or loot) from a treasure pool by taking them from a kill made by another player or bypassing the agreed-upon system for loot distribution in a group.

    When I ninja an epic item, I log off the server before anyone even realizes what happened.

ninja

/ ˈ²ŌÉŖ²Ō»åĻōə /

noun

  1. (sometimes capital) a person skilled in ninjutsu, a Japanese martial art characterized by stealthy movement and camouflage

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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of ninja1

First recorded in 1960–65; from Japanese, equivalent to nin- ā€œendureā€ + -ja, combining form of -sha ā€œperson, agentā€ (from Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese °łÄ›²Ō + ³ś³óě )
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of ninja1

Japanese
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ā€œBut even then, success is a coin toss. Our 8-year-old could pop up like a ninja, asking for water.ā€

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Gainsbourg, in simply accessorized ninja black, is the picture of a woman who knows and means business.

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Lynch, a treat after his memorable cameo in ā€œBottoms,ā€ calls Marvin a ā€œspider monkey ninja god.ā€

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In addition to early intervention, he told the BBC that ninja swords should be banned and even suggested domestic knives could be made less dangerous.

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A consultation on banning "ninja swords" was also announced this week.

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