SHARK

shark

(noun) any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales

shark

(noun) a person who is unusually skilled in certain ways; “a card shark”

shark

(noun) a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest

shark

(verb) hunt shark

shark

(verb) play the shark; act with trickery

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

shark (plural sharks)

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

Synonyms

• (scaleless cartilaginous fish): haye (obsolete)

Verb

shark (third-person singular simple present sharks, present participle sharking, simple past and past participle sharked)

(rare) To fish for sharks.

Etymology 2

Noun

shark (plural sharks)

Someone who exploits others, for example by trickery, lies, usury, extortion.

(informal, derogatory) A sleazy and amoral lawyer

(informal, derogatory) An ambulance chaser.

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

(informal) A very good poker or pool player. Compare fish (a bad poker player).

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

Synonyms

• (player who feigns ineptitude to win money): hustler

Usage notes

• The use of the term by people unfamiliar with pool is rarely well perceived by experienced players.

Verb

shark (third-person singular simple present sharks, present participle sharking, simple past and past participle sharked)

(obsolete) To steal or obtain through fraud.

(obsolete, intransitive) To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.

(obsolete, intransitive) To live by shifts and stratagems.

Etymology 3

Verb

shark (third-person singular simple present sharks, present participle sharking, simple past and past participle sharked)

(obsolete) To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.

Anagrams

• HKSAR, harks

Source: Wiktionary

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Shark, n. Etym: [Of uncertain origin; perhaps through OF. fr. carcharus a kind of dogfish, Gr. Shark, v. t.&i.); cf. Corn. scarceas.]

1. (Zoöl.)

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

Note: 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. [Colloq.]

3. Trickery; fraud; petty rapine; as, to live upon the shark. [Obs.] South. Baskin shark, Liver shark, Nurse shark, Oil shark, Sand shark, Tiger shark, etc. See under 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 (a), 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.

Shark, v. t. Etym: [Of uncertain origin; perhaps fr. shark, n., or perhaps related to E. shear (as hearken to hear), and originally meaning, to clip off. Cf. Shirk.]

Definition: To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly. [Obs.] Shak.

Shark, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sharked; p. pr. & vb. n. Sharking.]

1. To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle. Neither sharks for a cup or a reckoning. Bp. Earle.

2. To live by shifts and stratagems. Beau & Fl.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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