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sharkish en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈʃɑɹkɪʃ/ (US)

Etymology

From shark + -ish.

Meanings

1. Having shark-like characteristics, such as fierceness or agility.
   • Pious harpooneers never make good voyagers—it takes the shark out of 'em; no harpooneer is worth a straw who aint pretty sharkish. 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “His Mark”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 101:

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Deriveds

sharkishly