NINJA

Ninja

A or was a covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan. The functions of the ninja included espionage, sabotage, infiltration, and assassination, and open combat in certain situations. Their covert methods of waging war contrasted the ninja with the samurai, who observed strict rules about honor and combat. The shinobi proper, a specially trained group of spies and mercenaries, appeared in the Sengoku or "warring states" period, in the 15th century, but antecedents may have existed in the 14th century, and possibly even in the 12th century .

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ninja

Noun

  1. A person trained primarily in stealth, espionage, assassination and the Japanese martial art of ninjutsu.
  2. 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 ''''.
  3. Juggalo version of the epithet "nigga".
    What up, my ninja!

Verb

  1. To act in the manner of a ninja, especially in the areas of speed and power.
  2. 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.
    That damn warrior ninja'd an epic-quality wand even though he can't even use it!
  3. To post a response on a message board immediately before someone else unknowingly posts a response saying the same thing.
    When I answered the OP's question, I saw that Porthos had ninja'd me by posting the same answer just before I did.


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