sharknoun [ C ]
uk/ʃɑːk/us/ʃɑːrk/plural shark or sharksshark noun [ C ] (FISH)
B1 a large fish that has sharp teeth and a pointed fin on its back:
a great white shark
a basking shark
The movie "Jaws" is about a man-eating shark.
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- We could see the fin of a shark as it slowly circled our boat.
- Some species of shark are now endangered.
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Sea fish
- anchovy
- barracuda
- bream
- cod
- coley
- flying fish
- groper
- haddock
- hake
- halibut
- pollack
- ray
- remora
- salmon
- salmon trout
- swordfish
- trout
- tuna
- turbot
- white pointer
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shark noun [ C ] (PERSON)
informal disapproving a dishonest person, especially one who persuades other people to pay too much money for something:
People who need a place to live can often find themselves at the mercy of local property sharks.
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Unpleasant people in general
- a dog in the manger idiom
- a nasty piece of work idiom
- a tough/hard nut idiom
- a wolf in sheep's clothing idiom
- bad lot
- intruder
- know-all
- know-it-all
- leech
- make sb's skin crawl idiom
- roadman
- rotter
- runt
- sadist
- scum
- undesirables
- vermin
- villain
- villain of the piece idiom
- viper
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