Shark

Quick meaning: Shark is a noun meaning (uncountable) Flesh of this animal, consumed as food.

Meaning

(uncountable) Flesh of this animal, consumed as food.

More Meanings

1. (paleontology, loosely) Any fish of the class Chondrichthyes, especially an extinct shark-like holocephalian.
2. A freshwater fish that resembles a true shark (Selachimorpha) in appearance or movement; a freshwater shark.
3. (countable) A noctuid moth of species Cucullia umbratica.
4. (intransitive, rare) To fish for sharks.
5. (ichthyology, countable) Any predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.
6. (UK, university slang, countable) A university student who is not a fresher that has engaged in sexual activity with a fresher; usually habitually and with multiple people.
7. (UK, university slang, mildly derogatory) Of a university student who is not a fresher (first-year undergraduate), and especially towards the start of the academic year:

Example Sentences

Shakespeare and others, Sir Thomas More (c. 1593) act 2, sc. 4: "Other ruffians...Would shark on you."

Shark has traditionally, although in some secrecy, been a staple food in European, American and Australian food.

Cladoselache, a well-preserved Devonian shark fossil from Ohio. Here the cartilages and some muscle tissues are preserved intact

“[…] Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. Oh, dear, there's so much to tell you, so many warnings to give you, but all that must be postponed for the moment.”

Word Forms

• sharks
• sharke
• sharking
• sharked

Synonyms for shark

Depending on context, synonyms include haye, hustler, usurer, moneylender.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include moneylender, usurer, blacktip, porbeagle, dogfish, fish.

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