Shark definition
(informal) A person unusually skilled in a particular activity.
A card shark.
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(slang) A person with great ability in a given activity; adept; expert.
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(informal) A person, such as a loan shark, who takes advantage of the misfortune of others for personal gain.
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Any of numerous cartilaginous fishes of the subclass Elasmobranchii that are chiefly carnivorous and marine. Sharks have a streamlined torpedolike body, five to seven gill openings on each side of the head, a large oil-filled liver, and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales.
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To obtain by deceitful or underhand means.
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(obsolete) To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.
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A scaleless, predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.
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(obsolete) To steal or obtain through fraud.
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Any of numerous cartilaginous fishes of the subclass Elasmobranchii that are chiefly carnivorous and marine. Sharks have a streamlined torpedolike body, five to seven gill openings on each side of the head, a large oil-filled liver, and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales.
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To take advantage of others for personal gain, especially by fraud and trickery.
verb
A person who victimizes others, as by swindling or cheating.
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(archaic) To get or live by fraud or stratagems.
verb
Any of various orders of cartilaginous fishes that are usually large and mostly marine, having a tough, spiny, usually slate-gray skin, separate lateral gill openings, and a slender, rounded body with the mouth on the underside: most sharks are fish-eaters, and some will attack humans.
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The definition of a shark is a carnivorous fish in the class Chondrichthyes, or a person who is skilled at deceiving others, or is slang for a person who is an expert in a certain activity.
An example of a famous shark is the shark in the movie Jaws.
An example of a shark is a ruthless car dealer who sells a car for more than its value.
An example of a shark is a tough lawyer who always wins his cases.
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Shark is defined as to live by deceiving people.
An example of to shark is to constantly cheat people out of their money to get by.
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shark
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sharksOrigin of shark
- Origin unknown
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- First attested in the 1560s, the word meaning 'scaleless fish' is of uncertain origin: it was apparently brought to England, with a specimen, by John Hawkins. The word may derive from the Yucatec Maya xoc, or it may be an application of the "scoundrel" sense (which derives from the German Schurke (“scoundrel")) to the fish; no explanation is agreed upon.
From Wiktionary
- Perhaps from the noun, or perhaps related to shear.
From Wiktionary
- From the German Schurke (“scoundrel").
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