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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

  • (..) Why are we stopping? I should have used two hands. You think? Are you mad at me? No, not at you. Tell me those aren't sharks. Those aren't sharks. Paddle! Paddle! Yeah, sharks would be better. It's Charybdis. Charyb-... What? (..)
    2013 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters