ninja

Meanings

Plural: ninja, ninjas

Noun

a member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations; a person skilled in ninjutsu
a class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations
A person trained in ninjutsu, especially (historical) one used for espionage, assassination, and other tasks requiring stealth during Japan's shogunate period.
A person considered similarly skillful to the historical ninja, especially in covert or stealthy operation.
A person considered similarly skillful to the historical ninja, especially in covert or stealthy operation.
A notional draconian arm of a corporation (originally Nintendo), tasked with dealing with individuals that infringe on its rights or do not comply with its regulations.
A person considered to look like the historical ninja in some way, including (historical slang) an amateur private miner in Mongolia.
Synonym of nigga as a friendly term of address.
Synonym of nigga as a friendly term of address.
Synonym of man as a friendly term of address.
nigger.

Adj

Of or related to ninjas in their various senses.

Verb

To act or move like a ninja, particularly with regard to a combination of speed, power, and stealth.
Synonym of preempt: to supersede and invalidate a response to a thread or message by posting immediately before it, typically shortly before the other party finishes writing or posting their reply.
To claim an item through abuse of game mechanics.

Origin / Etymology

A romanized borrowing of Japanese 忍者 (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.

Synonyms

assassin, killer, magician, man as a friendly term of address, nigga as a friendly term of address, preempt, secret agent, shinobi, spy, superspy

Scrabble Score: 12

ninja is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
ninja is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ninja is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

ninja is a valid Words With Friends word