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  • noun Plural form of piranha.

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Examples

  • They should have toned down the less cartoon violence (torturing someone with the threat of being eaten by piranhas is not very friendly to the pre-school hot wheels purchasers in the audience), and they could have easily removed the couple of references to "turd" and "arse" and thus appeased the more prudish parents (and got themselves a G certificate instead of the PG that it has).

    Interpreting Speed Racer's Box Office Failure « FirstShowing.net 2008

  • Here's why we're sticking with the Twins, though: In years past, half the starting lineup would consist of Nick Punto clones affectionately called piranhas (read: guys who can't hit to save their lives).

    Jonah Keri: 2010 MLB Predictions 2010

  • Here's why we're sticking with the Twins, though: In years past, half the starting lineup would consist of Nick Punto clones affectionately called piranhas (read: guys who can't hit to save their lives).

    2010 MLB Predictions 2010

  • Twins, though: In years past, half the starting lineup would consist of Nick Punto clones affectionately called piranhas (read: guys who can't hit to save their lives).

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Jonah Keri 2010

  • The piranhas were a lot smaller than I imagined, but with many sharp teeth and we debated how many would be required to actually shred a human to death.

    TravelPod.com Recent Updates 2008

  • Articles about "piranhas" in the neighborhood stream or swimming hole are an annual exercise for those of us that watch such matters closely, to separate the truly unusual (a sighting of a Lake Monster) from the mundane (another pacu or piranha caught).

    Boing Boing: July 16, 2006 - July 22, 2006 Archives 2006

  • Reimer notched his first NHL start, and win, against Ottawa on the weekend and was back in the crease against Boston, even if coach Ron Wilson had been playing it typically don't-ask-don't-tell with the media "piranhas," who might apparently have been all too eager to nibble the scrubeenie to death, had his second straight start been prematurely leaked.

    Thestar.com - Home Page Rosie DiManno 2011

  • Reimer notched his first NHL start, and win, against Ottawa on the weekend and was back in the crease against Boston, even if coach Ron Wilson had been playing it typically don't-ask-don't-tell with the media "piranhas," who might apparently have been all too eager to nibble the scrubeenie to death, had his second straight start been prematurely leaked.

    Thestar.com - Home Page Rosie DiManno 2011

  • Reimer notched his first NHL start, and win, against Ottawa on the weekend and was back in the crease against Boston, even if coach Ron Wilson had been playing it typically don't-ask-don't-tell with the media "piranhas," who might apparently have been all too eager to nibble the scrubeenie to death, had his second straight start been prematurely leaked.

    Thestar.com - Home Page Rosie DiManno 2011

  • Romar remembers Cincinnati's players back then were undersized but were "piranhas" going after rebounds.

    Brownsville Herald : By JOHN KEKIS 2010

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