Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A dart or throwing blade, sometimes with multiple points, used as a weapon by ninja (or samurai).

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Japanese 手裏剣 (しゅりけん, shuriken).

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word shuriken.

Examples

  • Shinobi is an arcade-style action game where you control a ninja who frees hostages and fights members of a criminal organization using a variety of weapons such as shuriken stars, using special moves, and slashing thugs with a katana sword.

    unknown title 2009

  • Shinobi is an arcade-style action game where you control a ninja who frees hostages and fights members of a criminal organization using a variety of weapons such as shuriken stars, using special moves, and slashing thugs with a katana sword.

    unknown title 2009

  • Shinobi is an arcade-style action game where you control a ninja who frees hostages and fights members of a criminal organization using a variety of weapons such as shuriken stars, using special moves, and slashing thugs with a katana sword.

    unknown title 2009

  • Shinobi is an arcade-style action game where you control a ninja who frees hostages and fights members of a criminal organization using a variety of weapons such as shuriken stars, using special moves, and slashing thugs with a katana sword.

    unknown title 2009

  • It does look ominously like some kind of shuriken: "Shuriken 手裏剣; lit: "hand hidden blade" is a traditional Japanese concealed weapon that was used for throwing, and sometimes stabbing or slashing an opponents arteries.

    Nick Carr, I love you 2007

  • Similarly, the statute refers to “knuckles of any substance” that can be “put to the same use with the same or similar effect” as metallic knuckles; nunchaku, zoobow “or any similar weapon” configured with two sticks connected by rope, chain, or wire; and shuriken or “any similar pointed starlike object intended to injure a person when thrown.”

    The Volokh Conspiracy » What is a zoobow? 2010

  • Also, is it just me or do the framers of that statute clearly have no idea what a real shuriken is?

    The Volokh Conspiracy » What is a zoobow? 2010

  • Chris Travers: Also, is it just me or do the framers of that statute clearly have no idea what a real shuriken is?

    The Volokh Conspiracy » What is a zoobow? 2010

  • Similarly, the statute refers to “knuckles of any substance” that can be “put to the same use with the same or similar effect” as metallic knuckles; nunchaku, zoobow “or any similar weapon” configured with two sticks connected by rope, chain, or wire; and shuriken or “any similar pointed starlike object intended to injure a person when thrown.”

    The Volokh Conspiracy » What is a zoobow? 2010

  • Most likely, they were interested in the stuff that was being sold as shuriken (which would likely be the star-shaped things, probably of stamped metal or something equally cheap).

    The Volokh Conspiracy » What is a zoobow? 2010

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.