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Definition of Shark
1. Verb. Play the shark; act with trickery.
2. Noun. Any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales.
Specialized synonyms: Cow Shark, Hexanchus Griseus, Six-gilled Shark, Mackerel Shark, Alopius Vulpinus, Fox Shark, Thrasher, Thresher, Thresher Shark, Carpet Shark, Orectolobus Barbatus, Ginglymostoma Cirratum, Nurse Shark, Carcharias Taurus, Odontaspis Taurus, Sand Shark, Sand Tiger, Rhincodon Typus, Whale Shark, Cat Shark, Requiem Shark, Dogfish, Hammerhead, Hammerhead Shark, Angel Shark, Angelfish, Monkfish, Squatina Squatina
3. Verb. Hunt shark. "In the summer they like to go out and shark"
4. Noun. A person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest.
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
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Shark
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 ..."