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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

  • (..) We're from Daikoku Finance. At least pay the interest. Hey. PAY YOUR DEBTS I'll kill you, bitch. We're no ordinary loan sharks. Sell your kidney or liver. We ain't doing this for charity. Pay or else you'll be insured and killed in the Philippines. We know you're in there. (..)
    2007 Kantoku · Banzai!