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–noun

any of a group of elongate elasmobranch, mostly marine fishes, certain species of which are large, voracious, and sometimes dangerous to humans.

[Origin: 1560–70; orig. uncert.

]

—Related forms

sharklike, adjective

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–noun

1.	a person who preys greedily on others, as by cheating or usury.

2.	Informal. a person who has unusual ability in a particular field.

–verb (used with object)

3.	Archaic. to obtain by trickery or fraud; steal.

–verb (used without object)

4.	Archaic. to live by shifts and stratagems.

[Origin: 1590–1600; < G dial. Schork, var. of Schurke rascal

]

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n.

Any of numerous chiefly marine carnivorous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes (subclass Elasmobranchii), which are sometimes large and voracious and have a streamlined torpedolike body, five to seven gill openings on each side of the head, a large oil-filled liver, a cartilaginous skeleton, and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales.
1. A person regarded as ruthless, greedy, or dishonest.
2. A vicious usurer.
Slang A person unusually skilled in a particular activity: a card shark.

v.   sharked, shark·ing, sharks

v.   tr. Archaic
To obtain by deceitful means.

v.   intr.
To practice or live by fraud and trickery.

[Origin unknown.]

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shark

1569, of uncertain origin; apparently the word and the first specimen were brought to London by Capt. John Hawkins's second expedition (landed 1565; see Hakluyt).

"There is no proper name for it that I knowe, but that sertayne men of Captayne Haukinses doth call it a 'sharke' " [handbill advertising an exhibition of the specimen, 1569]

The meaning "dishonest person who preys on others," though only attested from 1599 (sharker in this sense is from 1594), may be the original sense, later applied to the large, voracious marine fish. It is possibly from Ger. Schorck, a variant of Schurke "scoundrel, villain," agent noun of M.H.G. schürgen (Ger. schüren) "to poke, stir." The Eng. word was applied to voracious or predatory persons, on the image of the fish, from 1707 (originally of pick-pockets); loan shark is attested from 1905. Sharkskin was used for binding books, etc. As the name of a type of fabric held to resemble it, it is recorded from 1932.

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shark
noun
1.	any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
2.	a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest
3.	a person who is unusually skilled in certain ways; "a card shark"
verb
1.	play the shark; act with trickery
2.	hunt shark

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
shark [ʃaːk] noun

a type of large, fierce, flesh-eating fish

Arabic:	سَمَك القِرْش
Chinese (Simplified):	鲨鱼
Chinese (Traditional):	鯊魚
Czech:	žralok
Danish:	haj
Dutch:	haai
Estonian:	hai
Finnish:	hai
French:	requin
German:	der Hai
Greek:	καρχαρίας
Hungarian:	cápa
Icelandic:	hákarl
Indonesian:	hiu
Italian:	squalo

Japanese:	さめ
Korean:	상어
Latvian:	haizivs
Lithuanian:	ryklys
Norwegian:	hai
Polish:	rekin
Portuguese (Brazil):	tubarão
Portuguese (Portugal):	tubarão
Romanian:	rechin
Russian:	акула
Slovak:	žralok
Slovenian:	morski pes
Spanish:	tiburón
Swedish:	haj
Turkish:	köpekbalığı

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shark

An investor or firm that is hostile to the target firm's management and that is interested in taking over the firm.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms for Today's Investor by David L. Scott.
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Shark River Hills, NJ (CDP, FIPS 66840) Location: 40.19365 N, 74.04825 W
Population (1990): 4228 (1561 housing units)
Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau

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Shark

Fox\, n.; pl. Foxes. [AS. fox; akin to D. vos, G. fuchs, OHG. fuhs, foha, Goth. fa['u]h?, Icel. f?a fox, fox fraud; of unknown origin, cf. Skr. puccha tail. Cf. Vixen.]

1. (Zo["o]l.) A carnivorous animal of the genus Vulpes, family Canid[ae], of many species. The European fox (V. vulgaris or V. vulpes), the American red fox (V. fulvus), the American gray fox (V. Virginianus), and the arctic, white, or blue, fox (V. lagopus) are well-known species.

Note: The black or silver-gray fox is a variety of the American red fox, producing a fur of great value; the cross-gray and woods-gray foxes are other varieties of the same species, of less value. The common foxes of Europe and America are very similar; both are celebrated for their craftiness. They feed on wild birds, poultry, and various small animals.

Subtle as the fox for prey. --Shak.

2. (Zo["o]l.) The European dragonet.

3. (Zo["o]l.) The fox shark or thrasher shark; -- called also sea fox. See Thrasher shark, under Shark.

4. A sly, cunning fellow. [Colloq.]

We call a crafty and cruel man a fox. --Beattie.

5. (Naut.) Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar; -- used for seizings or mats.

6. A sword; -- so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox. [Obs.]

Thou diest on point of fox. --Shak.

7. pl. (Enthnol.) A tribe of Indians which, with the Sacs, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin; -- called also Outagamies.

Fox and geese. (a) A boy's game, in which one boy tries to catch others as they run one goal to another. (b) A game with sixteen checkers, or some substitute for them, one of which is called the fox, and the rest the geese; the fox, whose first position is in the middle of the board, endeavors to break through the line of the geese, and the geese to pen up the fox.

Fox bat (Zo["o]l.), a large fruit bat of the genus Pteropus, of many species, inhabiting Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, esp. P. medius of India. Some of the species are more than four feet across the outspread wings. See Fruit bat.

Fox bolt, a bolt having a split end to receive a fox wedge.

Fox brush (Zo["o]l.), the tail of a fox.

Fox evil, a disease in which the hair falls off; alopecy.

Fox grape (Bot.), the name of two species of American grapes. The northern fox grape (Vitis Labrusca) is the origin of the varieties called Isabella, Concord, Hartford, etc., and the southern fox grape (Vitis vulpina) has produced the Scuppernong, and probably the Catawba.

Fox hunter. (a) One who pursues foxes with hounds. (b) A horse ridden in a fox chase.

Fox shark (Zo["o]l.), the thrasher shark. See Thrasher shark, under Thrasher.

Fox sleep, pretended sleep.

Fox sparrow (Zo["o]l.), a large American sparrow (Passerella iliaca); -- so called on account of its reddish color.

Fox squirrel (Zo["o]l.), a large North American squirrel (Sciurus niger, or S. cinereus). In the Southern States the black variety prevails; farther north the fulvous and gray variety, called the cat squirrel, is more common.

Fox terrier (Zo["o]l.), one of a peculiar breed of terriers, used in hunting to drive foxes from their holes, and for other purposes. There are rough- and smooth-haired varieties.

Fox trot, a pace like that which is adopted for a few steps, by a horse, when passing from a walk into a trot, or a trot into a walk.

Fox wedge (Mach. & Carpentry), a wedge for expanding the split end of a bolt, cotter, dowel, tenon, or other piece, to fasten the end in a hole or mortise and prevent withdrawal. The wedge abuts on the bottom of the hole and the piece is driven down upon it. Fastening by fox wedges is called foxtail wedging.

Fox wolf (Zo["o]l.), one of several South American wild dogs, belonging to the genus Canis. They have long, bushy tails like a fox.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Shark

Fox"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The fox shark; -- called also sea fox. See Thrasher shark, under Shark. (b) The european dragonet. See Dragonet.

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Shark

No`ti*da"ni*an\, n. [Gr. ? back + ? comely.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of sharks of the family Notidanid[ae], or Hexanchid[ae]. Called also cow sharks. See Shark.

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