squid

noun

1. Acronym of superconducting quantum interference device, a sensor that uses certain quantum effects to detect small magnetic fields.

verb

Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps a sailors' alteration of squirt.

1. To fish with a squid fishhook.
2. To cause squidding (an improper, partial, parachute inflation, that results in the sides of the parachute folding in on the center, and pulsating back and forth).