sharkish
adjUS /ˈʃɑɹkɪʃ/
Etymology From shark + -ish.
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:
- Derived terms
- sharkishly