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Definition of Ninja

1. 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.

2. Noun. A class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations.

Definition of Ninja

1. Initialism. (finance) No income, no job or assets — describing credit characteristics of a borrower, usually of a residential mortgage. ¹

2. Noun. (martial arts historical) A person trained primarily in stealth, espionage, assassination and the Japanese martial art of ninjutsu. ¹

3. Noun. A Mongolian amateurish private miner (mainly for gold); after the shape of the plastic bowls used to wash metal ore with mercury, roughly resembling one of the ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles''. ¹

4. Noun. (slang) Juggalo version of the epithet "nigga". ¹

5. Verb. To act in the manner of a ninja, especially in the areas of speed and power. ¹

6. Verb. (gaming slang) To claim an item in a game by abusing game mechanics, often despite having no real need for the item or ability to use it. ¹

7. Verb. (Internet slang) To post a response on a message board immediately before someone else unknowingly posts a response saying the same thing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ninja

1. a feudal Japanese warrior [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ninja

ninety-three ninety-two ninetyfold ninetyish ning-nong ning-nongs ning nong ning nongs ningyoite ninhydrin

ninhydrin-Schiff stain ninhydrin reaction ninhydrins niningerite niningerites ninja (current term) ninja loot ninja looted ninja looting ninja loots

ninja star ninjaed ninjaing ninjalike ninjas ninjitsu ninjitsus ninjutsu ninjutsus ninnies

Literary usage of Ninja

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Resource Politics in Sub-Saharan Africa by Matthias Basedau, Andreas Mehler (2005)
"Both the ninja militias that claimed to speak on behalf of the Pool region's Lari ... In fact, one group of ninja fighters attached themselves to a mystic ..."

2. Teaching Children to Be Literate: A Reflective Approach by Anthony V. Manzo, Ula Casale Manzo (1995)
"When the groups finished their research, they shared their findings at a celebration pizza party (pizza is the ninja Turtles' favorite food). ..."

3. Japan in a Nutshell by Professor Solomon (1997)
"The town has another historic association: the ninja. ... So after communing with Basho, head over to the ninja Mansion for a tour. ..."

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