Used in a Sentence

tentacle

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for tentacle.

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It's clear that the government is hiding a big tentacle attack to earth from inside the japanese woods.

Examples15
Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

to move like a tentacle

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of tentacle gathered in one view.

verb

to move like a tentacle

noun

(zoology) An elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid.

noun

(figurative) An insidious reach or influence.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for tentacle.

verb

to move like a tentacle

noun

(zoology) An elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid.

noun

(figurative) An insidious reach or influence.

noun

(figurative) Something like a zoological limb.

Example sentences

1

It's clear that the government is hiding a big tentacle attack to earth from inside the japanese woods.

2

So there's a little black bar where the tentacle is penetrating the woman?

3

He cited the water tentacle from The Abyss as the sort of thing he was going for.

4

Right, it can point and deploy to any Windows Server that has an OctopusDeploy tentacle (deploy agent) installed on it.

5

AKA: so Google or VK don't buy them and strangle off a major tentacle of user adoption and stickiness of the FB ecosystem.

6

Each endpoint server has a small app running on it (a tentacle).

7

Maybe something like this could be a big seller in Japan, where riders may want to conceal the fact that they're reading tentacle porn.

8

No, a roving tentacle works much better, and I can't believe I wrote that either.

9

It certainly pushes the envelope of task chair design by providing bases different from the usual 5-tentacle rolling octopus, a strong point in its favor.

10

So now it'll just become another tentacle of the Facebook Empire.

11

If Spock had a tentacle, it's fine, he's an alien.

12

He is 14 years old and hates everything except tentacle-porn.

Quote examples

1

The "corporate tentacle" as they call it is actually called Tlön, not Tion, though you got the link right...

2

However, Whittier has a low mountain pass to "easily" travel between Passage Canal (not an actual canal) on the east side to Turnigan Arm and Anchorage (more of a muddy tentacle) on the West side.

Proper noun examples

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Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle, Grim Fandango, Psychonauts....

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use tentacle in a sentence?

It's clear that the government is hiding a big tentacle attack to earth from inside the japanese woods.

What does tentacle mean?

to move like a tentacle

What part of speech is tentacle?

tentacle is commonly used as verb, noun.