shark

Definition

  • noun: a large and often dangerous sea fish with very sharp teeth
  • noun: any of numerous mostly marine cartilaginous fishes of medium to large size that have a fusiform body, lateral branchial clefts, and a tough usually dull gray skin roughened by minute tubercles and are typically active predators sometimes dangerous to humans
  • verb: to gather hastily
  • synonyms: sharper, trickery, fraud

Examples

  • a 'sharklike' smile/appetite

  • a card 'shark'

  • a pool 'shark'

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) sea turtles live to be about years old. Sandy Plankton from next door said that sea turtles live to be about years old. lf l ever meet a sea turtle, l'll ask him - after l'm done talking to the shark. Hold on. Wait to cross. Hold on. Wait to cross. Hold my fin. You're not going to freak out (..)
    2003 Finding Nemo
  • (..) Then one more time. Out and back in. - lf you want to do it four times... - Dad. All right. Come on, boy. Maybe while l'm at school, l'll see a shark. - l doubt that. - Have you ever met a shark? - No, and l don't plan to. - How old are sea turtles? Sea turtles? l don't know. (..)
    2003 Finding Nemo