Shark - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ʃɑːrk|  American pronunciation of the word shark
Brit.  |ʃɑːk|  British pronunciation of the word shark

noun

- any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
- a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest
- a person who is unusually skilled in certain ways
a card shark

verb

- play the shark; act with trickery
- hunt shark

Extra examples

Sharks were circling around our boat.

The protective film over a shark's eye

...the loan shark sent a couple of gorillas to “convince” him to pay up...

...the loan shark usually imposed a mulct of an additional 20% on overdue payments...

Eating shark meat is a novelty to many people.

We take in the synchronized swimming of sardines and the pensive patrol of a leopard shark.

The shark swam away with a thrash of its tail.

Half his leg below the knee had been sawn off by the teeth of the shark.

The shark snapped its horrid teeth.

A shark can smell blood at a distance of half a kilometer.

The shark is a masterpiece of evolution.

His arm was ripped to pieces by a shark.

...the goons sent by the loan shark threatened to garrote the hero with his own necktie...

Word forms

noun
singular: shark
plural: sharks
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