shark
To engage in sexual activity with a fresherOf a university student who is not a fresher (first-year undergraduate), and especially towards the start of the academic year: To engage in sexual activity with a fresher.
» Have you ever seen a shark over three meters long?
Hast du schon einmal einen über drei Meter langen Hai gesehen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Ты когда-нибудь видел акулу длиной больше трёх метров? — marafon
Ти коли-небудь бачив акулу довжиною більше трьох метрів? — vintrakato
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7 senses(intransitive, rare)To fish for sharks.
Of a university student who is not a fresher (first-year undergraduate), and especially towards the start of the academic year:
(UK, derogatory, mildly, transitive)To engage in sexual activity with a fresher.
(UK, derogatory, intransitive, mildly)To cruise for casual sex with a fresher at a bar or club.
(obsolete)To steal or obtain through fraud.
Shakespeare and others, Sir Thomas More (c. 1593) act 2, sc. 4: "Other ruffians...Would shark on you."
(intransitive, obsolete)To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.
play the shark; act with trickery
(intransitive, obsolete)To live by shifts and stratagems.
(obsolete)To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.
Examples
248 sentencesHave you ever seen a shark over three meters long?
Ти коли-небудь бачив акулу довжиною більше трьох метрів? — vintrakato
ruТы когда-нибудь видел акулу длиной больше трёх метров? — marafon
deHast du schon einmal einen über drei Meter langen Hai gesehen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom was attacked by a shark.
На Тома напала акула. — deniko
ruНа Тома напала акула. — marafon
deTom wurde von einem Hai angegriffen. — Espi
Tom is a shark.
Том — акула. — deniko
ruТом — акула. — astru
Tom saw a shark.
Том побачив акулу. — rul
ruТом видел акулу. — marafon
deTom sah einen Hai. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Is this cage shark-proof?
Ця клітка може захистити від акули? — Temp
ruЭта клетка может защитить от акулы? — Temp
deIst dieser Käfig haisicher? — Vortarulo
Origin
From Middle English shark (used by Thomas Beckington in 1442 to refer to a kind of fish),From Middle English shark (used by Thomas Beckington in 1442 to refer to a kind of fish), of uncertain origin. Most likely from a semantic extension of the German-derived shark (“scoundrel”), see below. The fish was originally called a dogfish or haye in English and Middle English. Its name in Old English is unknown, although some uses of the word hranfisċ that do not appear to carry the sense of "whale" may have been referencing it.
From German Schurke (“scoundrel”); compare Dutch schurk.
Probably from the "steal" senses above, but perhaps related to shear. Compare shirk.
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Forms
sharks, sharking, sharked, sharkedWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle