Shark meaning

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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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A person, such as a loan shark, who takes advantage of the misfortune of others for personal gain.
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(informal) A very good poker or pool player.
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(sports and games) A person who feigns ineptitude to win money from others.
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(informal) A relentless and resolute person or group, especially in business.
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(obsolete) To steal or obtain through fraud.
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(obsolete, intransitive) To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.
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(obsolete) To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.

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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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A person unusually skilled in a particular activity.

A card shark.

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To obtain by deceitful or underhand means.
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To take advantage of others for personal gain, especially by fraud and trickery.
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A person who victimizes others, as by swindling or cheating.
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A person with great ability in a given activity; adept; expert.
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To get or live by fraud or stratagems.
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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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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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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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Someone who exploits others, for example by trickery, lies, usury, extortion.
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(informal, derogatory) A sleazy and amoral lawyer; an ambulance chaser.
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(obsolete, intransitive) To live by shifts and stratagems.

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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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Origin 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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Shark Sentence Examples

  • There is also a profitable shark fishery in the hands of Arabs.

  • Hardly of less scientific interest is the Port Jackson shark (Heterodontus).

  • A, Shark (Lamna cornubica), with long lobe of tail upturned.

  • My guess is that you accept the slim possibility that a shark might get you, and swim in the ocean anyway.

  • There are also important fisheries for cod, caplin, halibut, red fish (Sebastes) and nepisak (Cyclopterus lumpus); a shark (Somniosus microcephalus) is taken for the oil from its liver; and sea-trout are found in the streams and small lakes of the south.

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