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shark
English
Wikispecies
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /???k/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???k/
- Rhymes: -??(?)k
Etymology 1
Of uncertain origin, most likely from a semantic extension of the German-derived word shark/Schurke for a "scoundrel" (see below). The fish was originally called a dogfish or haye in English and Middle English.
Some older dictionaries derived the word from Latin c(h)archarias, c(h)acharus (from Ancient Greek), but admit that "the requisite [Old French] forms intermediate between E. shark and L. carcharus are not found, and it is not certain that the name [shark] was orig. applied to the fish; it may have been first used of a greedy man".
Other older authorities speculated that the word might derive from Yucatec Maya xoc (“fish”) (/?ok/), as John Hawkins brought a specimen from the area where Mayan was spoken to England in the 1560s. However, Thomas Beckington used the word in 1442 to refer to a kind of fish, ruling out a New World origin for the word.
Noun
shark (plural sharks)
- (ichthyology) A scaleless, predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.
- 1569, The true discripcion of this marueilous straunge Fishe, whiche was taken on Thursday was sennight, the xvi. day of June, this present month, in the yeare of our Lord God, M.D.lxix., a broadside printed in London, the second earliest known use of the term; reprinted in A Collection of Seventy-Nine Black-Letter Ballads and Broadsides: printed in the reigh of Queen Elizabeth, between the years 1559 and 1597 in 1867:
- The straunge fishe is in length xvij. foote and iij. foote broad, and in compas about the bodie vj. foote; and is round snowted, short headdid, hauing iij. rankes of teeth on either iawe, [...]. Also it hath v. gills of eache side of the head, shoing white. Ther is no proper name for it that I know, but that sertayne men of Captayne Haukinses doth call it a sharke.
- 1569, The true discripcion of this marueilous straunge Fishe, whiche was taken on Thursday was sennight, the xvi. day of June, this present month, in the yeare of our Lord God, M.D.lxix., a broadside printed in London, the second earliest known use of the term; reprinted in A Collection of Seventy-Nine Black-Letter Ballads and Broadsides: printed in the reigh of Queen Elizabeth, between the years 1559 and 1597 in 1867:
Alternative forms
- sharke (obsolete)
Synonyms
- (scaleless cartilaginous fish): haye (obsolete)
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
shark (third-person singular simple present sharks, present participle sharking, simple past and past participle sharked)
- (rare) To fish for sharks.
See also
- barracuda
- dogfish
- hammerhead
- porbeagle
- smooth hound
- thresher
- white pointer
Etymology 2
From German Schurke (“scoundrel”); compare Dutch schurk.
Noun
shark (plural sharks)
- Someone who exploits others, for example by trickery, lies, usury, extortion.
- (informal, derogatory) A sleazy and amoral lawyer.
- (informal, derogatory) An ambulance chaser.
- (informal) A relentless and resolute person or group, especially in business.
- (informal) A very good poker or pool player. Compare fish (a bad poker player).
- (sports and games) A person who feigns ineptitude to win money from others.
Synonyms
- (player who feigns ineptitude to win money): hustler
Usage notes
- The use of the term by people unfamiliar with pool is rarely well perceived by experienced players.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
shark (third-person singular simple present sharks, present participle sharking, simple past and past participle sharked)
- (obsolete) To steal or obtain through fraud.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.
- 1628, John Earle, Microcosmography
- Neither sharks for a cup or a reckoning.
- 1628, John Earle, Microcosmography
- (obsolete, intransitive) To live by shifts and stratagems.
- Ah, captain, lay not all the fault upon officers! you know you can shark, though you be out of action
Derived terms
- shirk
Further reading
- shark at OneLook Dictionary Search
- shark in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Etymology 3
Probably from the "steal" senses above, but perhaps related to shear. Compare shirk.
Verb
shark (third-person singular simple present sharks, present participle sharking, simple past and past participle sharked)
- (obsolete) To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.
References
Anagrams
- HKSAR, harks
Albanian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *sorka (“shirt”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?k/
Noun
shark m (definite singular sharku)
- shepherd's vest
Related terms
- sharkë
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek ???? (sárx).
Noun
shark m (definite singular sharku)
- shell (of certain fruits like nuts, hazel, chestnut etc)
- skin (that covers the seed of certain fruits like peach, grape, prunes etc)
- snake skin
References
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loanshark
English
Noun
loanshark (plural loansharks)
- Alternative spelling of loan shark.
Verb
loanshark (third-person singular simple present loansharks, present participle loansharking, simple past and past participle loansharked)
- To commit usury (to loan money at excessive rate of interest), especially if collecting under threat of violence.
Translations
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