Viking

1. Badass and brutal but honest warriors of the early middle ages, originating mainly from Norway, Sweden and Iceland but also partly from Denmark.
Contrary to popular belief, not a single Viking helmet had horns on it. Also contrary to popular belief, the word "Viking" actually refers to the long and perilous sea travels Vikings would take to conquer new land.

2. An (often stupid) act of courage, bravery or machoness.
1. The Vikings were brutal, dude. Before they burned villages and killed babies, they'd eat a bunch of Fly Agarics to make them fearless.

2. The lake had just thawed up, so we all took the Viking and jumped in without checking the temperature. Matt and John got hypothermia.
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New slang/street term for: Vicodin.

Usually used by people looking to trade sex for pills.

Also commonly used with the term Molly, as in the pure form of MDMA, or better known as Ecstasy.
A classic example came from a Craigslist post:

Looking for my friend Molly and her Viking friends. We like to hang out in the afternoon, about 40 mins before 5 o'clock. Since I like to party so much I'd like to know who else can come along. Respond and we can go from there.
by RoninDH October 08, 2010
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A term used to describe something that is just simply so amazing that you can't contain yourself and other descriptive words such as, 'Awesome, Cool, Wicked and Fantastic' just won't cut it.
Viking
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A person, usually a male inmate, who doesn't clean, or keep good hygiene, while incarcerated.
You see dudes hut? Dudes a straight viking
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Viking: Someone who throws up on someone multiple times -- Usually at a party or wedding.

Basically doesn't mean this, but hey, it's Urban Dictionary, and here we type out definitions that make absolutely no sense or relation to the word itself or the reader, other than because we're odd people that like to put our strange, random personal meanings behind words.
Person 1: "Hey did you see what happened last night at the party? Jeff puked on someone.. Twice!"

Person 2: "Yeah i know. What a viking.."
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Technically 'Viking' doesn't actually mean a tribe or race of people, viking means 'to go raiding' and so when the Danes came invading and raiding with their ships they ended up being called Vikings rather than Danes/Northmen etc...
Hey, lets get a boat and go viking!
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1. (Noun) A group of seafaring reavers, raiders, traders, and pirates that marauded all across Europe in the 8th-10th centuries, in varied locations such as the eastern coast of England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Germany, Spain. Primarily of Norse ancestry.

They were tactically fond of lightning raids for booty, known as the "strandhogg" in Old Norse, followed by just as swift retreats back into safe waters. Due to the decentralized, nigh-anarchic structure of Continental European and English governments at the time, these vicious raids went practically unchallenged; before a local lord could muster his warband and ride to the beleaguered settlement, the raiders were long gone with whatever slaves, valuables, and livestock they could pilfer.

Not every Norseman was a Viking, and not every Viking was a Norseman.

2. (Adjective): Of, or pertaining to, the Vikings.

3. (Verb, Old Norse): To go raiding, plundering, and generally causing mayhem.

4. (Noun): The Minnesotan NFL team.
"Halgrim, what are you doing this spring?"

"Well, I might go Viking after the crops are sown."
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"It seems that the Vikings are coming to our monastery, Brother Ethelred. Perhaps they wish to convert!"

"Perhaps they do, Brother Wydhealf. I shall go and meet them. You go and unlock the gate."
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"Look, on the horizon! Viking longships!"

"Truly, we are doomed! God help us!"
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"The Vikings did really well this game, absolutely demolishing the Giants!"

"That's right, John. But before we look at the play-by-play, let's hear a word from our sponsors."
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