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How to pronounce “shark”

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Pronunciation guide for shark

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of shark with real speech in context.
Available examples
8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
The Potential US TikTok Ban — and What’s at Stakebut ask if if Mr Wonderful of Shark Tank
Definition summary
(ichthyology, countable) Any predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.

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How to pronounce shark

The Potential US TikTok Ban — and What’s at Stake

but ask if if Mr Wonderful of Shark Tank

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “shark”

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • (ichthyology, countable) Any predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.
  • (uncountable) Flesh of this animal, consumed as food.
  • (paleontology, loosely) Any fish of the class Chondrichthyes, especially an extinct shark-like holocephalian.
  • A freshwater fish that resembles a true shark (Selachimorpha) in appearance or movement; a freshwater shark.
  • (countable) A noctuid moth of species Cucullia umbratica.
  • (UK, university slang, countable) A university student who is not a fresher that has engaged in sexual activity with a fresher; usually habitually and with multiple people.
  • [Verb]
  • (intransitive, rare) To fish for sharks.
  • (UK, university slang, mildly derogatory) Of a university student who is not a fresher (first-year undergraduate), and especially towards the start of the academic year:

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