Shark
English Meaning
Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes of the order Plagiostomi, found in all seas.
- Any of numerous chiefly marine carnivorous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes (subclass Elasmobranchii), which are sometimes large and voracious and have a streamlined torpedolike body, five to seven gill openings on each side of the head, a large oil-filled liver, a cartilaginous skeleton, and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales.
- A person regarded as ruthless, greedy, or dishonest.
- A vicious usurer.
- Slang A person unusually skilled in a particular activity: a card shark.
- Archaic To obtain by deceitful means.
- To practice or live by fraud and trickery.