shark
31shark — [16] The origins of the word shark are obscure. It appears to have been introduced to English in the late 1560s by members of Sir John Hawkins’ expedition (a ballad of 1569 recorded ‘There is no proper name for [the fish] that I know, but that… …
32shark — I. /ʃak / (say shahk) noun (plural sharks or shark) 1. any of a group of elongate elasmobranch (mostly marine) fishes, certain species of which are large and ferocious, and destructive to other fishes and sometimes dangerous to humans. –phrase 2 …
33shark — 1. n. a swindler; a confidence operator. (Underworld.) □ The sharks were lined up ten deep to get at the blue eyed new owner of the bowling alley. □ The guy’s a shark, and he’s after your hard earned money! 2. n. a lawyer. (Derogatory.) □ Some… …
34shark — [16] The origins of the word shark are obscure. It appears to have been introduced to English in the late 1560s by members of Sir John Hawkins’ expedition (a ballad of 1569 recorded ‘There is no proper name for [the fish] that I know, but that… …
35shark — 1) a member of the Selachimorpha or Selachii, a group of fishes with over 400 species world wide mostly in warmer marine waters 2) a name for fish unrelated to true sharks, e.g. Epalzeorhynchos bicolor, the red tailed black shark, a cyprinid… …
36Shark — recorded in a wide variety of spellings including Chark, Shark, Sharks, Sharkes, and Shork, the certain thing about this surname is that it has nothing whatsover to do with fish or loans! It is Olde English pre 7th century in origin, and almost… …
37shark — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ killer, man eating SHARK + VERB ▪ attack sb ▪ bite sb ▪ feed ▪ …
38shark — noun (C) 1 plural shark or sharks a large fish with several rows of very sharp teeth that is sometimes considered to be dangerous to humans 2 informal someone who cheats other people out of money see also: loan shark …
39shark — I [[t]ʃɑrk[/t]] n. ich any of various predatory cartilaginous fishes of the order Selachii, having a rough scaleless skin, a wide mouth on the underside of the head, and five to seven gill slits on each side: some attack humans • Etymology:… …
40shark — shark1 noun 1》 a long bodied cartilaginous marine fish, typically predatory and voracious, with a prominent dorsal fin. [Many species in the subclass Elasmobranchii.] 2》 a small black SE Asian freshwater fish. [Labeo bicolor and Morulius… …
