Shark (Noun)
Meaning 1
A person who is unusually skilled in certain ways; "a card shark".
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- She was a pool shark, able to make impossible shots with ease.
- He was a chess shark, beating even the most experienced opponents.
- The young programmer was a coding shark, able to write complex algorithms in no time.
- The real estate agent was a negotiation shark, always getting the best deals for her clients.
- The lawyer was a courtroom shark, known for his aggressive and effective tactics.
Meaning 2
A person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The businessman was known as a shark for his aggressive and exploitative tactics in the corporate world.
- He was a shark who preyed on vulnerable investors, selling them fake stocks and bonds.
- The politician was accused of being a shark, using her power to line her own pockets with taxpayer money.
- The lawyer was a shark who would stop at nothing to win a case, even if it meant bending the truth.
- The real estate agent was a shark who would sell a house to anyone, regardless of its condition, as long as he got his commission.
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Meaning 3
Any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The divers saw a large shark approaching the boat.
- In Australia, certain beaches have nets to prevent shark attacks on swimmers.
- She has a deep-seated fear of being eaten by a shark.
- Experts studied the migratory patterns of great white shark in the ocean.
- Scuba diving enthusiasts eagerly signed up for a trip to spot the hammerhead shark in the Maldives.
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Hyponyms
- Monkfish
- Thrasher
- Hexanchus Griseus
- Fox Shark
- Orectolobus Barbatus
- Thresher Shark
- Rhincodon Typus
- Six-gilled Shark
- Odontaspis Taurus
- Hammerhead Shark
- Sand Shark
- Carcharias Taurus
- Alopius Vulpinus
- Angelfish
- Squatina Squatina
- Ginglymostoma Cirratum