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: 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
1
: a rapacious crafty person who takes advantage of others often through usury, extortion, or devious means
loan sharks
2
: one who excels greatly especially in a particular field
sharked; sharking; sharks
Examples of shark in a Sentence
Noun (2) a card shark a shark at calculus being a new arrival in Hollywood, she was easy prey for the sharks in the movie business
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Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 Apr. 2026 Harlin stages the shark attacks in an overt here-ya-go way, with the one consistent suspense issue being whether the shark will consume a victim whole or bite off his or her limb or simply leave them with a nasty gash (which happens quite often). —Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 25 Apr. 2026
Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 4 July 2025 The latest Shark Tank shark speaks about entrepreneurship and sharking 💼 Amazon and 5 other major companies that have ditched remote work SURPRISING DISCOVERIES Taylor Swift fans are rowdier than Real Madrid’s. —Melvin Backman, Quartz, 19 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for shark
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Noun
Its name also fits the existing conventions for the PLAN, all of which are shark-based. —Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 Apr. 2026 Harlin stages the shark attacks in an overt here-ya-go way, with the one consistent suspense issue being whether the shark will consume a victim whole or bite off his or her limb or simply leave them with a nasty gash (which happens quite often). —Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 25 Apr. 2026
Verb
Netflix dominates pretty much all things TV, so why should shark content be any different? —Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 4 July 2025 The latest Shark Tank shark speaks about entrepreneurship and sharking 💼 Amazon and 5 other major companies that have ditched remote work SURPRISING DISCOVERIES Taylor Swift fans are rowdier than Real Madrid’s. —Melvin Backman, Quartz, 19 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for shark
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“Shark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/shark. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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shark
1 of 2 noun
: any of numerous marine fishes that have rough grayish skin and a skeleton made of cartilage, that usually prey on other animals and are sometimes dangerous to people, and that include some caught for the oil in their livers or for their hide from which a leather is made
shark
2 of 2 noun
1
: a sly greedy person who takes advantage of others
a loan shark
2
: a person who outdoes others especially in a certain area
a shark at arithmetic
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