Meaning

1 senses

  1. (US, offensive)To lend money at exorbitant rates of interest.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Shylock is greedy, and what is worse, very stingy.

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  2. Al Pacino played Shylock in a version of The Merchant of Venice.

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Origin

From the character Shylock in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (1600).

From the character Shylock in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (1600).

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Forms

shylocks, shylocking, shylocked, shylocked
Base formshylock · to shylock
3rd person singularshylocks
Present participleshylocking
Past simpleshylocked
Past participleshylocked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyshylock
he, she, itshylocks

Past simpleLesson

all personsshylocked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave shylocked
he, she, ithas shylocked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill shylock

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
shuttlecockshyA1shylyshynesssiblingsic
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