shark

noun

Definition of sharknext
1
as in dodger
a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value a card shark

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2
as in expert
a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field a shark at calculus

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3
as in predator
a person who habitually preys upon others being a new arrival in Hollywood, she was easy prey for the sharks in the movie business

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Recent Examples of shark But the mayor of a New Jersey beach town is worried a social media trend could be setting up a potential shark attack. — Tom Hanson, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 Seth Willingham, of San Juan Capistrano, won second place in the professional category, after capturing a group of leopard sharks in his photo. — Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2026 According to the International Shark Attack File, there were 105 shark-human interactions and just 65 unprovoked shark bites worldwide in 2025. — Mason Leib, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026 This shark incident comes as numerous sharks have been spotted close to the Maine coastline, as the apex predators hunt for seals. — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 10 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for shark
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shark
  1. dodger
  2. expert
  3. predator
  4. cheat
  5. scholar
  6. vampire
  7. master
  8. virtuoso
Noun
  • Ukraine faces severe personnel shortages with around 200,000 military desertions and 2 million draft-dodgers, threatening its ability to sustain the war against Russia’s 2022 invasion.
    — Kirsten Grieshaber, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Almost all other passengers dine at the Britannia Restaurant, and there’s also a buffet restaurant serving international cuisine, with options for vegans, vegetarians and dairy dodgers.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Jan. 2026
Definition of dodger
Noun
  • The Wildberries attacks have played into the hands of Russian hawks who urge escalating the war, said pro-Kremlin political expert Sergei Markov.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Roman said the question will be if the defense focuses on their own psychiatric experts right away, or Clancy's friends and family to humanize her to the jurors.
    — Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of expert
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  • But the speedy predators have been unable to outrun a wasting disease that's killed billions of sea stars.
    — John Ryan, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor star in the movie about a family in the early 1980s whose suburban neighborhood has landed in a place teeming with prehistoric predators.
    — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of predator
Noun
  • In the end, my cheat-code pie crust worked just fine and all was well.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 July 2026
  • Both trail Messi by two goals in the Golden Boot race, and perhaps the fact that Tuchel has two cheat codes as opposed to one gives him the upper hand.
    — Mark Hodge, NBC news, 15 July 2026
Definition of cheat
Noun
  • Prominent conservative legal scholar Ilya Shapiro is listed as senior counsel.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • But jobs are really bundles of tasks, some more amenable to automation than others, according to Stanford professor Charles Jones, a leading scholar of how AI will affect growth.
    — Matt Peterson,Kate Rooney, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of scholar
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  • Bedbugs are sometimes called the vampires of the insect world — hiding during the day and coming out at night to feast on human blood.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Critics and audiences alike went gaga over Sam Reid’s glammed-out turn as a bloodthirsty vampire gone rock star in AMC’s The Vampire Lestat.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of vampire
Noun
  • The exterior will be entirely aluminum, with Silver considered a metalworking master.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Additionally, Moose Toys was recently announced as the master toy partner for the film.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of master
Noun
  • Peart was a one-of-a-kind virtuoso, one of the greatest drummers rock ever knew, his monstrously complex parts so intrinsic to Rush’s sound that the idea of replacing him long seemed unfathomable.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The decade featured some of the most revered and celebrated virtuosos to ever walk the planet, both critically and commercially.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026
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