Lexic.us

Definition of Shark

1. Noun. Any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales.

2. Verb. Play the shark; act with trickery.

3. Noun. A person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest.

4. Verb. Hunt shark. "In the summer they like to go out and shark"

5. Noun. A person who is unusually skilled in certain ways. ; "A card shark"

Definition of Shark

1. n. Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes of the order Plagiostomi, found in all seas.

2. v. t. To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.

3. v. i. To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.

Definition of Shark

1. Noun. A scaleless, predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head. ¹

2. Noun. (informal derogatory) A sleazy and amoral lawyer; an ambulance chaser. ¹

3. Noun. (informal) A relentless and resolute person or group, especially in business. ¹

4. Noun. (informal) A very good poker or pool player. ¹

5. Noun. (sports and games) A person who feigns ineptitude to win money from others. ¹

6. Verb. (obsolete) To steal or obtain through fraud. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shark

1. to live by trickery [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Shark

1. 1. Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes of the order Plagiostomi, found in all seas. Some sharks, as the basking shark and the whale shark, grow to an enormous size, the former becoming forty feet or more, and the latter sixty feet or more, in length. most of them are harmless to man, but some are exceedingly voracious. The man-eating sharks mostly belong to the genera Carcharhinus, Carcharodon, and related genera. They have several rows of large sharp teeth with serrated edges, as the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias, or Rondeleti) of tropical seas, and the great blue shark (Carcharhinus glaucus) of all tropical and temperate seas. The former sometimes becomes thirty-six feet long, and is the most voracious and dangerous species known. The rare man-eating shark of the United States coast (Charcarodon Atwoodi) is thought by some to be a variety, or the young, of C. Carcharias. The dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus), and the smaller blue shark (C. Caudatus), both common species on the coast of the United States, are of moderate size and not dangerous. They feed on shellfish and bottom fishes. 2. A rapacious, artful person; a sharper. 3. Trickery; fraud; petty rapine; as, to live upon the shark. Baskin shark, Liver shark, Nurse shark, Oil shark, Sand shark, Tiger shark, etc. See Basking, Liver, etc. See also Dogfish, Houndfish, Notidanian, and Tope. Gray shark, the sand shark. Hammer-headed shark. See Hammerhead. Port Jackson shark. See Cestraciont. Shark barrow, the eggcase of a shark; a sea purse. Shark ray. Same as Angel fish, under Angel. Thrasher shark, or Thresher shark, a large, voracious shark. See Thrasher. Whale shark, a huge harmless shark (Rhinodon typicus) of the Indian Ocean. It becomes sixty feet or more in length, but has very small teeth. Origin: Of uncertain origin; perhaps through OF. Fr. Carcharus a kind of dogfish, Gr, so called from its sharp teeth, fr. Having sharp or jagged teeth; or perhaps named from its rapacity (cf. Shark, &i); cf. Corn. Scarceas. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shark

sharewort shari'a sharia sharia law shariah shariah law shariahs sharias shariat shariats

sharif sharifian sharifs sharing sharings shark (current term) shark-jumping shark-liver oil shark attack shark bait

shark fin shark fin soup shark fin soups shark fins shark liver oil shark oil shark repellent sharke sharked sharker

Literary usage of Shark

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The upper lobe of the tail fin is very elongated, being nearly equal in length to the rest of the body, and is used as a weapon by which this shark is able ..."

2. Annual Report by New Jersey Geological Survey (1893)
"6.85 100.00 shark River Marl. Under the name of shark River Marl is included the ... The shark River Marl is a marked greensand, with a slight admixture of ..."

3. The Popular Science Monthly (1874)
"1) represents the jaw of a young shark—a tender innocent, indeed, for, ... A shark's age is counted by the number of rows—and his jaws are the most awful ..."

4. A History of the Earth, and Animated Natureby Oliver Goldsmith, Washington Irving by Oliver Goldsmith, Washington Irving (1854)
"These, as I observed, are sometimes hatched in the womb as in the shark and ray ... Cartilaginous fish may be divided, first, into those of the shark kind, ..."

5. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1889)
"B' shark come in a little bit further. 'E say, "I cahn' come no further else I get 'shore ! " B' shark say, " You do man good an' man do you harm, ..."

6. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Basking shark. of ite tail on the water it may put a herd of dolphins or ... A shark similar in many points to the basking shark (which it exceeds in size), ..."

7. The Journal of American Folk-lore by American Folklore Society (1920)
"When the shark came to his home, he said to his family, "I am sick, ... The shark cried out in his pain; and the shamans did all they could, but were unable ..."

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