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English
Pronunciation
IPA|/���(r)k/
rhymes|��(r)k
Noun
en-noun
- zoology a scaleless fish with a cartilaginous skeleton that has 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head
- sports a person who feigns ineptitude to win money from others, as in "pool shark"
- (derisive, colloquial): a (sleazy) lawyer; an ambulance chaser
Etymology
As a scaleless fish, the word is first attested in the 1560s, of uncertain origin. For definitions 2 and 3, the noun forms derived from the verb form, below.
Derived terms
basking shark
great white shark
loan shark
mako shark
nurse shark
pool shark
shark bait
sharkskin
tiger shark
whale shark
Translations
trans-top|scaleless cartilagenous fish
Albanian: peshkaqen m
Bosnian: ajkula#Bosnian|ajkula f
Bulgarian: ак�ла (akula) f
Catalan: tauró m
Chinese: 鲨鱼 (sh�-yú)
Croatian: morski pas m, ajkula f
Czech: žralok m
Danish: haj
Dutch: haai m
Esperanto: �arko
Estonian: hai
Faroese: hávur m
Fijian: qio
Finnish: hai
French: requin m
German: Hai m
Greek, Ancient: �ελά�ο� (selachos) n
Greek, Modern: κα��α�ία� (karxa�ri�as) m
Hebrew: �ר�ש (karî�) m
Hungarian: cápa
Indonesian: hiu
Italian: squalo m
Japanese: 鮫 (��, same)
trans-mid
Korean: �� (sang-�)
Latin: squalus
Latvian: haizivs f
Luxembourgish: hai
Maltese: kelb il-baħar m, xark m
Maori: mang�
Norwegian: hai m
Polish: rekin m
Portuguese: tubarão m
Proto-Polynesian: *ma��
Romanian: rechin m
Russian: ак�ла (akula) f
Serbian
Slovene: morski pes m
Spanish: tiburón m
Swahili: papa
Swedish: haj c
Turkish: köpek balı�ı
Ukrainian: ак�ла (akula) f
Yiddish: �ײַפֿ�ש (hayfysh) m
trans-bottom
trans-top|person who feigns ineptitude
trans-mid
trans-bottom
trans-top|sleazy lawyear; ambulance chaser
trans-mid
trans-bottom
Verb
en-verb
- obsolete: to steal or obtain through fraud.
Etymology
First attested in the 1590s, from the German "Schurke" (rascal) via "Schork", as a dialect.
Derived terms
shirk
See also
dogfish
grey nurse
hammerhead
porbeagle
smooth hound
thresher
white pointer
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