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Uncommonshark
The correct spelling is shark.
How to pronounce shark
/ʃɑːk/
nounIPA: /ʃɑːk/
Say it like: Sha-rk
The correct spelling is shark. A scaleless, predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.A scaleless, predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.
- 2.Someone who exploits others, for example by trickery, lies, usury, extortion.
- 3.A sleazy and amoral lawyer
- 4.An ambulance chaser.
- 5.A relentless and resolute person or group, especially in business.
verb
- 1.To fish for sharks.
- 2.To steal or obtain through fraud.
- 3.To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.
- 4.To live by shifts and stratagems.
- 5.To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.
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