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Definition ninja

Etymology

A romanized borrowing of Japanese ?? (ninja), popularized within Japanese by manga after World War II and in English by Eric Van Lustbader's 1980 novel The Ninja and the 1981 movie Enter the Ninja, of uncertain derivation but with an underlying sense of secret or hidden person.

The “Mongolian miner” sense arose from the supposed resemblance of the bowls used to wash ore with mercury to the shells of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

The Juggalo slang sense arose via influence from AAVE nigga.

Noun

ninja (plural ninja or ninjas)

1. (martial arts, Japan) A person trained in ninjutsu, especially (historical) one used for espionage, assassination, and other tasks requiring stealth during Japan's shogunate period.
2. (figuratively) A person considered similarly skillful to the historical ninja, especially in covert or stealthy operation.
3. (figuratively) A person considered to look like the historical ninja in some way, including (Mongolia, historical slang) amateur private miners.
4. (Juggalo slang) Synonym of man as a friendly term of address.

Adjective

ninja (not comparable)

1. Of or related to ninjas in their various senses.

Verb

ninja (third-person singular simple present ninjas, present participle ninjaing, simple past and past participle ninjaed or ninja'd)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To act or move like a ninja, particularly with regard to a combination of speed, power, and stealth.
2. (Internet, slang) Synonym of preempt: to supersede and invalidate a response by posting immediately before it.
3. (online gaming slang) To claim an item through abuse of game mechanics.

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