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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

  • (..) a phone call away. Free cars. Keys to a dozen hideouts all over the city. I'd bet grand over a weekend... ... then blow the winnings in a week or go to sharks to pay the bookies. Didn't matter. It didn't mean anything. When I was broke I would go rob some more. We ran everything. (..)
    1990 Goodfellas