shark
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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; origin uncertain
1560–70; origin uncertain
Related forms
shark·like, 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; < German dialect Schork, variant of Schurke rascal
1590–1600; < German dialect Schork, variant of Schurke rascal
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shark1 (ʃɑːk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| any of various usually ferocious selachian fishes, typically marine with a long body, two dorsal fins, rows of sharp teeth, and between five and seven gill slits on each side of the head | |
| [C16: of uncertain origin] | |
| 'sharklike1 | |
| —adj | |
| shark2 (ʃɑːk) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a person who preys on or victimizes others, esp by swindling or extortion |
| —vb | |
| 2. | archaic to obtain (something) by cheating or deception |
| [C18: probably from German Schurke rogue; perhaps also influenced by | |
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Word Origin & History
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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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
Two non-fatal shark attacks also have been reported in the last two months.
Then it threads its proboscis into a vein in the gills and sucks the shark's blood.
Oh, and if you see a shark's fin, get out of the water.
And he's stepped into a shark cage of his own devise by declining to release his tax records.
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