ALL meanings of porpoise
por·poise
P p - noun plural porpoise any of several small, gregarious cetaceans of the genus Phocoena, usually blackish above and paler beneath, and having a blunt, rounded snout, especially the common porpoise, P. phocoena, of both the North Atlantic and Pacific. 1
- noun plural porpoise any of several other small cetaceans, as the common dolphin, Delphinus delphis. 1
- verb without object porpoise (of a speeding motorboat) to leap clear of the water after striking a wave. 1
- verb without object porpoise (of a torpedo) to appear above the surface of the water. 1
- verb without object porpoise to move forward with a rising and falling motion in the manner of a porpoise: The car has a tendency to porpoise when overloaded. 1
- noun porpoise sea mammal 1
- countable noun porpoise A porpoise is a sea animal that looks like a large grey fish. Porpoises usually swim about in groups. 0
- noun porpoise any of various small cetacean mammals of the genus Phocaena and related genera, having a blunt snout and many teeth: family Delphinidae (or Phocaenidae) 0
- noun porpoise any of various related cetaceans, esp the dolphin 0
- noun porpoise any of a family (Phocoenidae) of small, usually gregarious toothed whales found in most seas, with a torpedo-shaped body and a blunt snout 0
- noun porpoise a dolphin or any of several small whales 0