Meaning

4 senses
  1. (humorous, idiomatic, uncountable)One who is in a precarious or vulnerable position.

  2. (humorous, uncountable)One who has been, or is likely to be, attacked by a shark.

  3. One who has been, or is likely to be, attacked by a shark.

    (Australia, colloquial, humorous, uncountable)A lone swimmer or surfer far from shore.

  4. (uncountable)Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shark, bait.

    Near-synonym: chum

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Annoy me again and you'll be shark bait.

Origin

From shark + bait.

From shark + bait.

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Synonyms

4 synonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

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