shark

IPA: ʃˈɑrk

noun

  • (ichthyology) A scaleless, predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.
  • The noctuid moth Cucullia umbratica.
  • (UK, university slang) A university student who is not a fresher that has engaged in sexual activity with a fresher; usually habitually and with multiple people.
  • Someone who exploits others, for example by trickery, lies, usury, extortion.
  • (informal, derogatory) A sleazy and amoral lawyer.
  • (informal, derogatory) An ambulance chaser.
  • (informal) A relentless and resolute person or group, especially in business.
  • (informal) A very good poker or pool player. Compare fish (a bad poker player).
  • (sports and games) A person who feigns ineptitude to win money from others.

verb

  • (rare) To fish for sharks.
  • (UK, university slang) Of a university student who is not a fresher, to engage in sexual activity with a fresher, or to be at a bar or club with the general intention of engaging in such activity.
  • (obsolete) To steal or obtain through fraud.
  • (obsolete, intransitive) To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.
  • (obsolete, intransitive) To live by shifts and stratagems.
  • (obsolete) To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.
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Examples of "shark" in Sentences

  • The shark grins at the camera.
  • The toy is a remold of the shark.
  • The shark is too small in the picture.
  • Ruthless hooks the shark in the cherub.
  • It is often confused with the dusky shark.
  • Shark fin was shown on surface of the water.
  • A highlight is the interaction of the divers with sharks.
  • The shark was captured and the man escaped with the tuna.
  • The image below the whale shark is credited to the Georgia Aquarium.
  • The modern niche is filled by several species of sharks and the baleen whales.

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