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.