Reverse Dictionary: SUBMARINE

NOUNS
► ASPARAGUS STICK a submarine’s periscope → 1940 World War II Amer. sl.
► AXIS RAT a German submarine → 1940 World War II Amer. sl.
► AXIS SNAKE a German submarine → 1940 World War II Amer. sl.
► AXIS WATER-MOCCASIN a German submarine → 1940 World War II Amer. sl.
► DUNKER a submarine → 1940 World War II Amer. sl.
► EYE a periscope → 1915 World War I Amer. sl.
► FISH a submarine → 1915 World War I Amer. sl.
► GUPPY a submarine which has been streamlined and equipped with a snorkel → 1948 orig. US
► HEINE TIN FISH a German submarine → 1915 World War I Amer. sl.
► JERRY WHALE a German submarine → 1915 World War I Amer. sl.
► KRAUT FISH a German submarine → 1915 World War I Amer. sl.
► LOOK-SEE a telescope or periscope → 1925 military sl.
► OLD MAN JOSS the patron saint of all submarine men → 1915 World War I Amer. sl.
► PERISHER the periscope of a submarine → 1925 nautical sl.
► PIG-BOAT a submarine → 20C US sl.
► SARDINE-TIN a submarine → 1939 Royal Navy sl.
► SNORT the snorkel on a submarine → 20C sl.

VERBS
► DO A PORPOISE to dive a submarine at a sharp angle → 1940 World War II Amer. sl.
► PULL THE PLUG in submarining: to dive → 1948 US sl.